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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Macfies

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Macfie 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.

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Where the Macfies lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3555 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Macfie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Smith at 3557. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3538 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Betty Macfie, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Watkins at 3534. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3358 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W Macfie, retired 1940
    • Mabel T Macfie, a school teacher at West Vancouver Municipality 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Dill at 3350 and G W Firth at 3364. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise 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

In 1940 the directory lists A Macfie at 3555 Turner 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Archibald Macfie there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Betty Macfie at 3538 West 19th Avenue, a student.

J W Macfie is listed at 3358 West 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Macfie there as the householder, retired, with Mabel T Macfie, a school teacher at West Vancouver Municipality.

Today

3538 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 3555 Turner (1986) and 3358 West 1st (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.