A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The MacFaydens
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named MacFayden at three addresses in 1940 in three 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: three MacFaydens at 6362 Elm in 1940.
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Where the MacFaydens lived
- 1
629 Cambie Street
Downtown, 1940
- R McFayden 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C Trembley at 621 and M Surgeon at 633. The block, door by door
- 2
1139 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Stewart H McFayden, a shipper at Hammond's 1940
Next door in 1940: H Thomas at 1135 and J Yourchek at 1143. The block, door by door
- 3
6362 Elm Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- C MacFayden, a seedsman 1940
- Jean W MacFayden, a stenographer at H R MacMillan Export 1940
- R Duncan MacFayden, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: R L Hunt at 6338 and R C Neville at 6388. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a seedsman, a shipper and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale 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 R McFayden at 629 Cambie Street. The 1940 name section lists Stewart H McFayden at 1139 East Hastings Street, a shipper at Hammond's. In 1940 the directory lists C MacFayden at 6362 Elm Street; 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 Charles MacFayden there as the householder, a seedsman, with Jean W MacFayden, a stenographer at H R MacMillan Export, and R Duncan MacFayden, a student at UBC.
Today
1139 East Hastings and 6362 Elm still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 629 Cambie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McFayden R629 Cambie, p. 376
- McFayden Stewart H shpr Hammond's1139 East Hastings, p. 375
- *MacFayden C6362 Elm, p. 48
- MacFayden Chas seedsmn6362 Elm, p. 376
- MacFayden Jean W sten H R MacMillan Export6362 Elm, p. 376
- MacFayden R Duncan studt UBC6362 Elm, p. 376
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the MacFaydens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the MacFayden 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.