A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Macfarlanes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Macfarlane at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue, with the close spellings McFarlane, MacFarlane and MacFarlan. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
1356 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs R O McFarlane, widow of D 1940
Next door in 1940: B Nissenbaum at 1346 and J Greenberg at 1366. The block, door by door
- 2
1395 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss E M Macfarlane 1940
- Effie M Macfarlane, an accountant at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: E Garnett at 1375. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an accountant. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2). 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 Mrs R O McFarlane at 1356 West 13th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ruby O McFarlane there as the householder, widow of D. In 1940 the directory lists Miss E M Macfarlane at 1395 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Effie M Macfarlane there as the householder, an accountant at the BC Telephone.
Today
1395 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 1356 West 13th (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McFarlane Mrs R O1356 West 13th, p. 212
- McFarlane Ruby O wid D1356 West 13th, p. 375
- Macfarlane Miss E M1395 West 13th, p. 212
- Macfarlane Effie M acct BC Tel1395 West 13th, p. 375
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Macfarlanes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Macfarlane 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.