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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McAllisters

In the city directories 1940 · 48 addresses on 42 streets

The directories print the McAllister name at 48 addresses on 42 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings McAlister, Macalister, MacAlister and MacAllister. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the McAllisters lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano7 addresses
  2. Downtown6 addresses
  3. Fairview5 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  5. West End5 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  8. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  9. Riley Park2 addresses
  10. Strathcona2 addresses
  11. West Point Grey2 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  14. Marpole1 address
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  16. Shaughnessy1 address
  17. South Cambie1 address
  18. Sunset1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; two people: C B McAllister and N S McAllister
    1940
  2. 2
    Ash StreetTwo addresses in Fairview; four people: Mrs R McAllister, Eleanor M McAllister, Florence McAllister and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    Ontario StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: R McAllister, S S McAllister, Fred McAllister and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Trafalgar StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: W E McAllister and Margaret S McAllister
    1940
  5. 5
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; four people: Mrs J McAllister, G A McAllister, Grace S McAllister and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    West Cordova StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: M McAllister and J F McAllister
    1940
  7. 7
    Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: James McAllister
    1940
  8. 8
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: McAllister (no first name printed)
    1940
  9. 9
    Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; one person: Arthur W McAllister
    1940
  10. 10
    Davie StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs I M MacAlister
    1940
  11. 11
    East 11th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; two people: Mrs E M McAllister and J Godfrey McAllister
    1940
  12. 12
    East 26th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J Macalister and Flora C E Macalister
    1940

30 more streets, by name: East 2nd Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Haro Street (1), Horley Street (1), James Street (1), John Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Powell Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Whyte Avenue (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 48 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, eleven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 18; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.