A family name on Ontario Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Sunset and Marpole
The McAllisters
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McAllister at two addresses in 1940, all on Ontario Street, with the close spellings McAlister, Macalister, MacAlister and MacAllister. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the McAllister name's own page.
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Where the McAllisters lived
- 1
2322 Ontario Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R McAllister, a moulder 1940
- Jean McAllister, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: C J Deeming at 2314. The block, door by door
- 2
3130 Ontario Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- S S McAllister, a timber cruiser 1940
- Fred McAllister, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: A McCulloch at 3120. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a logger, a moulder, an operator and a timber cruiser.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 R McAllister at 2322 Ontario Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ron McAllister there as the householder, a moulder, with Robert McAllister, and Jean McAllister, an operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists S S McAllister at 3130 Ontario 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 lists Steve S McAllister there as the householder, a timber cruiser, with Fred McAllister, a logger.
Today
2322 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 3130 Ontario, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McAllister R2322 Ontario, p. 122
- McAllister Jean opr BC Tel2322 Ontario, p. 361
- McAllister Robt2322 Ontario, p. 361
- McAllister Ron mldr2322 Ontario, p. 361
- *McAllister S S3130 Ontario, p. 122
- McAllister Fred logr3130 Ontario, p. 361
- McAllister Steve S tbr cruiser3130 Ontario, p. 361
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McAllisters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McAllister name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.