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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McAfees

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at seven addresses

The directories print 13 people named McAfee at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling MacAfee. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four McAfees at 1395 West 14th in 1940.

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Where the McAfees 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

    1615 Cotton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A M McAfee, a police sergeant at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Mildred E McAfee 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1605 and A C Giger at 1621. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4268 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Etta MacAfee, proprietor of Dunbar Children's Wear 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Swartz at 4264 and Designers Parisian at 4288. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    175 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M E McAfee, widow of J B 1940
    • Elizabeth A McAfee, a cashier at the Colonial Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hux Lunch at 169. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1925 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J MacAfee, a laborer at BC Marine 1940
    • Henrietta L MacAfee, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Term City Iron Wks at 1949. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1052 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • H A McAfee, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Jessop at 1046 and N Shanks at 1054. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1395 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs J McAfee, widow of G M 1940
    • Irene D McAfee, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940
    • Jean A McAfee, a stenographer 1940
    • Jessie A McAfee, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: florence (the) at 1375. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    165 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C A McAfee, a driver at Granville Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Hanna at 159 and E Darwin at 173. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 13: an assistant (2), a driver (2), a cashier, a laborer, an operator and a police sergeant, among others. Two of them worked for Vancouver Public Library. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and West End. 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 M McAfee at 1615 Cotton 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 Alex M McAfee there as the householder, a police sergeant at the City of Vancouver, with Mildred E McAfee. The 1940 name section lists Etta MacAfee at 4268 Dunbar Street, proprietor of Dunbar Children's Wear.

Mrs M E McAfee is listed at 175 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary E McAfee there as the householder, widow of J B, with Elizabeth A McAfee, a cashier at the Colonial Theatre. J MacAfee is listed at 1925 Franklin Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John MacAfee there as the householder, a laborer at BC Marine, with Henrietta L MacAfee, an operator at the BC Telephone.

H A McAfee is listed at 1052 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry A McAfee there as the householder, a driver. Mrs J McAfee is listed at 1395 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jessie McAfee there as the householder, widow of G M, with Irene D McAfee, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library, Jean A McAfee, a stenographer, and Jessie A McAfee, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library.

C A McAfee is listed at 165 West 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cecil A McAfee there as the householder, a driver at Granville Bros.

Today

1615 Cotton Drive, 175 East Broadway and 1395 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1395 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 165 West 20th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4268 Dunbar, 1925 Franklin and 1052 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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.