A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McCaughans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named McCaughan at one address, 646 Kingsway in Mount Pleasant, in 1940.
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The McCaughans at home
Pleasant
- 1
646 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J McCaughan, a salesman at Langley Dairy 1940
- Mrs Annie W McCaughan, proprietor of Langley Dairy 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F Wallinger at 644 and W Patterson at 648. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a proprietor and a salesman. Two of them worked for Langley Dairy.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Mount Pleasant. 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 J McCaughan at 646 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph McCaughan there as the householder, a salesman at Langley Dairy, with Mrs Annie W McCaughan, proprietor of Langley Dairy.
Today
The City no longer lists 646 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McCaughan J646 Kingsway, p. 97
- McCaughan Mrs Annie W prop Langley Dairy646 Kingsway, p. 365
- McCaughan Jos slsmn Langley Dairy646 Kingsway, p. 365
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McCaughans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McCaughan 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.