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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Macfarlanes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Macfarlane at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, with the close spellings McFarlane, MacFarlane and MacFarlan. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 66 other streets too, all listed on the Macfarlane name's own page.

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Where the Macfarlanes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    345 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Peter M Macfarlane, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Cassells at 335 and M F Collis at 355. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    675 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • McFarlane (no first name printed), a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Jones at 665 and The B C Cancer Inst at 685. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1285 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A J M McFarlane, who worked for Arbutus S&D 1940
    • Helen E McFarlane, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: fredericton apts at 1275 and J Dale at 1295. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1405 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E D Macfarlane, a library 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Volins at 1411. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1906 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • James McFarlane, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr S Paulin at 1916. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, an employee, a library and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Peter M Macfarlane at 345 West 11th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists McFarlane (no first name printed) at 675 West 11th Avenue, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists A J M McFarlane at 1285 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex J M McFarlane there as the householder, who worked for Arbutus S&D, with Helen E McFarlane, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists E D Macfarlane at 1405 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edric D Macfarlane there as the householder, a library. The 1940 name section lists James McFarlane at 1906 West 11th Avenue, a student at UBC.

Today

345 West 11th, 1405 West 11th and 1906 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1906 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1285 West 11th (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 675 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Macfarlanes

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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.