A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Riders
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Rider at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Riders lived
- 1
1101 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Lucille Reider, a seamstress at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: C McKillop at 1143. The block, door by door
- 2
709 Dunsmuir Street
Downtown, 1940
- B Rider, a broker 1940
Next door in 1940: Cosmetics Godissarts at 705 and Miss M K Brown at 711. The block, door by door
- 3
2277 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Alfred C Rider, a superintendent at Darlington, Haskins 1940
Next door in 1940: J Paterson at 2275 and 5 listings at 2285. The block, door by door
- 4
1040 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- Miss M D Rider 1940
- M Dorothy Rider 1940
Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a broker, a seamstress and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano and West End. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lucille Reider at 1101 Burrard Street, a seamstress at the St Paul's Hospital. B Rider, a broker, is listed at 709 Dunsmuir Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists B Rider there, a broker. The 1940 name section lists Alfred C Rider at 2277 West 10th Avenue, a superintendent at Darlington, Haskins.
In 1940 the directory lists Miss M D Rider at 1040 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists M Dorothy Rider there as the householder.
Today
2277 West 10th (1983) and 1040 West Georgia (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1101 Burrard and 709 Dunsmuir, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Reider Lucille smstrs St Paul's Hosp1101 Burrard, p. 515
- Rider B broker709 Dunsmuir, p. 47
- Rider B broker709 Dunsmuir, p. 520
- Rider Alfd C supt Darlington, Haskins2277 West 10th, p. 520
- Rider Miss M D1040 West Georgia, p. 58
- Rider M Dorothy1040 West Georgia, p. 520
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Riders
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rider name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.