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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mahons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Mahon at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Mahons 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

    7088 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C E Mahon, an agent for Excelsior Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Leuty at 7062. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1949 Drummond Drive

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs L Mahon, widow of E 1940
    • Bryan E Mahon, an engineer at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Frew at 1915 and W E Witt at 1969. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3816 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Miss R Mahon 1940
    • Rachel Mahon 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Walsh at 3804 and Mrs E Moncrieff at 3818. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3185 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N C Mahon, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Patterson at 3175 and Mrs M B Smith at 3195. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2887 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W S Mahon, an agent for Excelsior Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Claydon at 2877 and N L Nicoll at 2897. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3206 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A J Mahon, a clerk at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Cunningham at 3214. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1112 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H S Mahon, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Montreal Fin Corpn at 1104 and b c plate glass ins at 1116. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an agent (2), a clerk, a conductor and an engineer. Two of them worked for Excelsior Life. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), West Point Grey (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale. 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 C E Mahon at 7088 Angus Drive; 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 Charles E Mahon there as the householder, an agent for Excelsior Life. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Mahon at 1949 Drummond Drive. The 1940 name section lists Lilette Mahon there as the householder, widow of E, with Bryan E Mahon, an engineer at Boeing's.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss R Mahon at 3816 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rachel Mahon there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists N C Mahon at 3185 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman C Mahon there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists W S Mahon at 2887 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William S Mahon there as the householder, an agent for Excelsior Life. In 1940 the directory lists A J Mahon at 3206 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Mahon there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR.

In 1940 the directory lists H S Mahon, a barrister, at 1112 West Hastings Street.

Today

3185 West 12th and 2887 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 7088 Angus Drive (1993) and 3206 West 23rd (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1949 Drummond Drive, 3816 West 11th and 1112 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.