A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The MacCullas
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named MacCulla 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 MacCullas lived
- 1
234 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Myrtle M MacCulla, a bookkeeper at Keswick & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: E C Allen at 222 and W J Thomas at 238. The block, door by door
- 2
2620 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- D H MacCulla, a foreman at the Great Northern Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: F V Kanel at 2632. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bookkeeper and a foreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 Myrtle M MacCulla at 234 East 15th Avenue, a bookkeeper at Keswick & Co. D H MacCulla is listed at 2620 Hemlock Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David H MacCulla there as the householder, a foreman at the Great Northern Railway.
Today
2620 Hemlock still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 234 East 15th (1985) 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.
- MacCulla Myrtle M bkpr Keswick & Co234 East 15th, p. 368
- MacCulla D H2620 Hemlock, p. 83
- MacCulla David H formn GNR2620 Hemlock, p. 368
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the MacCullas
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the MacCulla 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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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.