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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Van der Rees

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Van der Ree at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Van der Rees lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2345 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L J Van der Ree, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Hampton at 2335 and C R McMeekin at 2355. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4070 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Van der Ree 1940
    • Frederick C Van der Ree, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: B G Hebden at 4018. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2486 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C F Van der Ree, a proprietor 1940
    • Jacob D Van der Ree, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F S Buck at 2476. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter (3) and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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

In 1940 the directory lists L J Van der Ree at 2345 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leo J Van der Ree there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists Van der Ree at 4070 West 37th Avenue; 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 Frederick C Van der Ree there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists C F Van der Ree at 2486 West 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Christian F Van der Ree there as the householder, a proprietor, with Jacob D Van der Ree, a carpenter.

Today

4070 West 37th (2006) and 2486 West 5th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2345 West 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.