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The Mawhinneys

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at 13 addresses

The directories print 14 people named Mawhinney at 13 addresses in 1940 in nine 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 Mawhinneys 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

    925 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • David Mawhinney, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sheppard at 977. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    409 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L H Mawhinney, proprietor of Mawhinney Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Clark at 403 and G Pepin at 417. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1311 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Mawhinney, a pipefitter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Chrystal at 1303 and S R McCullough at 1319. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1872 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • M Mawhinney, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Scott at 1860 and F T Roper at 1884. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4252 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Mawhinney, in herbs 1940
    • Charles Mawhinney, a salesman at Dominion Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A C Murdoch at 4250 and Manufacturing Jubilee at 4288. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    620 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W Mawhinney 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Murray at 608 and D Mori at 622. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1360 Renfrew Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W J Mawhinney, a machinist operator at Contractor's Supply S&D 1940

    Next door in 1940: T M Dickie at 1320 and F W Ramer at 1376. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4277 Sophia Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Walter J Mawhinney, a druggist at Mawhinney Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Marrs at 4261 and A Gillies at 4295. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4508 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R E Mawhinney, a clerk at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Cowan at 4504 and W N Stanley at 4514. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    16 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Merle Mawhinney 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D Gordon at 8 and W Harding at 22. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    2138 West 22nd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C J Mawhinney, a route superintendent at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Morse at 2128 and E A Jenkins at 2150. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    3522 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W R Mawhinney, of Dunbar Pharmacy 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Fawcus at 3516 and C McN Stringer at 3528. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    1173 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Mawhinney, a window cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Bell at 1167 and Mrs D J Crosby at 1179. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 14: a clerk, a druggist, an engineer, a herbs, a machinist operator and a pipefitter, among others. Two of them worked for Mawhinney Drug.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (4), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Strathcona, West End and West Point Grey. 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 David Mawhinney at 925 Cardero Street, retired. L H Mawhinney is listed at 409 East 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence H Mawhinney there as the householder, proprietor of Mawhinney Drug.

R Mawhinney is listed at 1311 East 26th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Mawhinney there as the householder, a pipefitter. M Mawhinney is listed at 1872 Kingsway in 1940; 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 Math Mawhinney there as the householder, an engineer.

W Mawhinney, in herbs, is listed at 4252 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Mawhinney there, in herbs, with Charles Mawhinney, a salesman at Dominion Furniture. The 1940 name section lists W Mawhinney at 620 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Mawhinney at 1360 Renfrew Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Mawhinney there as the householder, a machinist operator at Contractor's Supply S&D. The 1940 name section lists Walter J Mawhinney at 4277 Sophia Street, a druggist at Mawhinney Drug.

R E Mawhinney is listed at 4508 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ralph E Mawhinney there as the householder, a clerk at Shell Oil. The 1940 name section lists E Merle Mawhinney at 16 West 21st Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists C J Mawhinney at 2138 West 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cecil J Mawhinney there as the householder, a route superintendent at Jersey Farms. In 1940 the directory lists W R Mawhinney at 3522 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William R Mawhinney there as the householder, of Dunbar Pharmacy.

The 1940 name section lists W Mawhinney at 1173 West 7th Avenue, a window cleaner.

Today

925 Cardero, 4508 West 14th, 16 West 21st and 3522 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1311 East 26th (1979), 1872 Kingsway (1958), 1360 Renfrew (1985) and 2138 West 22nd (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 409 East 16th, 4252 Main, 620 Powell, 4277 Sophia and 1173 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. Not at the house at 4252 Main: no archive photo of the 4200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 22 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

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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.