A family name on Trafalgar Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The McAllisters
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McAllister at two addresses in 1940, all on Trafalgar 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
1626 Trafalgar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- W E McAllister, a department manager at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Brown at 1630. The block, door by door
- 2
2560 Trafalgar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Margaret S McAllister, a stenographer at CP Express 1940
Next door in 1940: S T Lodge at 2580. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a department manager and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 W E McAllister at 1626 Trafalgar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William E McAllister there as the householder, a department manager at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation. The 1940 name section lists Margaret S McAllister at 2560 Trafalgar Street, a stenographer at CP Express.
Today
1626 Trafalgar and 2560 Trafalgar still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McAllister W E1626 Trafalgar, p. 156
- McAllister Wm E dept mgr Van Mortgage Corpn1626 Trafalgar, p. 361
- McAllister Margt S sten CP Exp2560 Trafalgar, 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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Another name, or a house
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.