A family name on West 24th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The McCallums
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McCallum at two addresses in 1940, all on West 24th Avenue, with the close spelling MacCallum. 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 46 other streets too, all listed on the McCallum name's own page.
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Where the McCallums lived
- 1
2919 West 24th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- R McCallum, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940
Next door in 1940: N J H Sears at 2909 and J W Damer at 2929. The block, door by door
- 2
3806 West 24th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J B McCallum, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Tobin at 3814. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 McCallum at 2919 West 24th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert McCallum there as the householder, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service. In 1940 the directory lists J B McCallum at 3806 West 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jack B McCallum there as the householder, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal.
Today
2919 West 24th (1989) and 3806 West 24th (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McCallum R2919 West 24th, p. 239
- McCallum Robt waiter BCCSS2919 West 24th, p. 364
- McCallum J B3806 West 24th, p. 239
- McCallum Jack B clk Bk of Mont3806 West 24th, p. 364
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McCallums
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McCallum 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.