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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McCluskies

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at five addresses

The directories print ten people named McCluskie at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling McLuskie. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four McCluskies at 5344 Ross in 1940.

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Where the McCluskies lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2431 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G R McCluskie, a serviceman at BC Electric Power & Gas 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Shaw at 2425 and F Vesak at 2437. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    277 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J T McCluskie, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Aitken at 271. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2116 East 44th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J McLuskie, a hospital attendant 1940
    • Vera McLuskie, who worked for the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: C T Metcalfe at 2106 and R Schick at 2126. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    26 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H McLuskie 1940
    • Mrs Lucy McLuskie, proprietor of Paragon Pie Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R A Lefler at 18 and L S Loyst at 32. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5344 Ross Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G R McCluskie, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
    • John McCluskie, a meat cutter at Woodward's 1940
    • Joseph McCluskie, an apprentice 1940
    • Sid McCluskie, a helper at Vancouver Casket 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Harberd at 5334 and J Murray at 5354. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the ten: an apprentice, a clerk, a helper, a hospital attendant, a laundry and a longshoreman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 G R McCluskie at 2431 Dundas Street; 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 George R McCluskie there as the householder, a serviceman at BC Electric Power & Gas. In 1940 the directory lists J T McCluskie at 277 East 44th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John T McCluskie there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists J McLuskie at 2116 East 44th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James McLuskie there as the householder, a hospital attendant, with Vera McLuskie, who worked for the Vancouver Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists H McLuskie at 26 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hugh McLuskie there as the householder, with Mrs Lucy McLuskie, proprietor of Paragon Pie Shop.

In 1940 the directory lists G R McCluskie at 5344 Ross Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George R McCluskie there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office, with John McCluskie, a meat cutter at Woodward's, Joseph McCluskie, an apprentice, and Sid McCluskie, a helper at Vancouver Casket.

Today

2431 Dundas still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2116 East 44th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 277 East 44th, 26 East 7th and 5344 Ross, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.