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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McArdles

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named McArdle at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling McCardle. 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 McArdles lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1357 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs C J McArdle 1940
    • Dorothy M McArdle, a nurse for E L Pottinger 1940
  2. 2

    4097 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P C McArdle, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Ulmer at 4095. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    715 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M McArdle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Badette Barbara at 711 and Star Loan Co at 719. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3287 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J McCardle, a fireman 1940
    • Chester M McCardle, a deckhand at Vancouver Tug Boat 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B Phillips at 3275. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a deckhand, a fireman, a mechanic and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, 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 Mrs C J McArdle at 1357 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Cecilia J McArdle there as the householder, with Dorothy M McArdle, a nurse for E L Pottinger. In 1940 the directory lists P C McArdle at 4097 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Patrick C McArdle there as the householder, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McArdle at 715 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs M McArdle there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J McCardle at 3287 West 32nd Avenue; 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 John McCardle there as the householder, a fireman, with Chester M McCardle, a deckhand at Vancouver Tug Boat.

Today

1357 Barclay, 4097 Fraser and 3287 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 715 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton, under its rows of boulevard trees
1925 Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton, under its rows of boulevard trees. Taken on the 1300 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1357 Barclay. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-5. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the McArdles

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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.