A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ryses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Rys at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Ryses lived
- 1
2721 East 26th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Marie Rys, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: R T Cannell at 2761. The block, door by door
- 2
5801 McKinnon Street
Killarney, 1940
- J Rys, a plumber for F N Hamilton 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Grout at 5809. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a plumber and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Marie Rys at 2721 East 26th Avenue, a saleswoman at Woodward's. J Rys is listed at 5801 McKinnon Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists John Rys there as the householder, a plumber for F N Hamilton.
Today
2721 East 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 5801 McKinnon (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rys Marie slswm Woodwards2721 East 26th, p. 539
- *Rys J5801 McKinnon, p. 106
- Rys John plmbr F N Hamilton5801 McKinnon, p. 539
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Ryses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rys 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.