A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McCashins
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named McCashin at one address, 5237 Dunbar Street in Dunbar-Southlands, in 1940.
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The McCashins at home
Southlands
- 1
5237 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs J F McCashin, widow of J H 1940
- Kathleen M McCashin, an assistant cashier for Metro Life 1940
- Mary F McCashin, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: S Cutt at 5211 and J A Galbraith at 5261. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an assistant cashier and a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 Mrs J F McCashin at 5237 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jane F McCashin there as the householder, widow of J H, with Kathleen M McCashin, an assistant cashier for Metro Life, and Mary F McCashin, a clerk at the Royal Bank.
Today
5237 Dunbar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 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.
- McCashin Mrs J F5237 Dunbar, p. 45
- McCashin Jane F wid J H5237 Dunbar, p. 365
- McCashin Kathleen M asst cash Metro Life5237 Dunbar, p. 365
- McCashin Mary F clk Royal Bk5237 Dunbar, p. 365
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McCashins
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McCashin 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.