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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The MacAdamses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named MacAdams at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four MacAdamses at 2745 Point Grey Road in 1940.

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Where the MacAdamses 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

    343 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Angus McAdams 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van City St Lighting at 323 and Ideal Iron Wks Ltd at 369. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    309 Carrall Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mickey McAdams, an engineer at the Rainier Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rainier Barber Shop at 307 and Lumbermen's Social Club at 315. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1018 Odlum Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Dorothy McAdams 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Parker at 1022. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2745 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W MacAdams, retired 1940
    • Bill MacAdams 1940
    • Doug MacAdams, a student 1940
    • Leslie MacAdams 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Funck at 2715 and C F Welch at 2779. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3216 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R J MacAdams 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Cummings at 3210 and L Murrell at 3224. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the eight: an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 Angus McAdams at 343 Alexander Street. The 1940 name section lists Mickey McAdams at 309 Carrall Street, an engineer at the Rainier Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Dorothy McAdams at 1018 Odlum Drive.

W MacAdams is listed at 2745 Point Grey Road 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 William MacAdams there as the householder, retired, with Bill MacAdams, Doug MacAdams, a student, and Leslie MacAdams. R J MacAdams is listed at 3216 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert J MacAdams there as the householder.

Today

309 Carrall, 1018 Odlum Drive and 3216 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3216 West 2nd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 343 Alexander and 2745 Point Grey Road, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 2745 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 2700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the MacAdamses

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.