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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Macfarlanes

In the city directories 1940 · 89 addresses on 67 streets

The directories print the Macfarlane name at 89 addresses on 67 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings McFarlane, MacFarlane and MacFarlan. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Macfarlanes lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown12 addresses
  2. West End12 addresses
  3. Kitsilano10 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant10 addresses
  5. Fairview6 addresses
  6. Kerrisdale6 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  8. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  9. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  10. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  11. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  13. Marpole2 addresses
  14. Riley Park2 addresses
  15. West Point Grey2 addresses
  16. Oakridge1 address
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  18. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 11th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A J M McFarlane, E D Macfarlane and Helen E McFarlane, and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    Haro StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: George G McFarlane, Ian Macfarlane and T D Macfarlane
    1940
  3. 3
    Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; five people: Mrs M E McFarlane, Constance R McFarlane and McFarlane (no first name printed), and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 40th AvenueThree addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: A H Macfarlane, J A Macfarlane and W Macfarlane, and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; two people: M M McFarlane and Helen A MacFarlane
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: Agnes S MacFarlane, Dorothy J MacFarlane and McFarlane (no first name printed), and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    East 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: A V MacFarlane, Patrick J McFarlane and William R MacFarlane
    1940
  8. 8
    KingswayTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: McFarlane (no first name printed) and W Earl McFarlane
    1940
  9. 9
    Seymour StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: W H Macfarlane and McFarlane (no first name printed)
    1940
  10. 10
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; two people: Cath McFarlane and D McFarlane
    1940
  11. 11
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: Mrs R O McFarlane, Effie M Macfarlane and Miss E M Macfarlane
    1940
  12. 12
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; four people: A McFarlane, Cath McFarlane and Cath McFarlane, and one more
    1940

55 more streets, by name: Ash Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Chambers Street (1), Charles Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Douglas Crescent (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Granville Street (1), Homer Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kaslo Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), McCleery Street (1), Napier Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (2), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (2), West 5th Avenue (1), West 68th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West 9th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (2), Windsor Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 89 addresses, 32 still have their buildings from before 1946, three have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 15 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 39; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.