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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McColmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named McColman at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 McColmans 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

    1242 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J R McColman, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: P F Russell at 1252. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1245 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J D McColman, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Goddard at 1213 and A Christianson at 1249. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3750 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Flora McColman, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Bruce at 3732 and Mrs E Temple at 3772. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a painter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 R McColman at 1242 East 49th 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 James R McColman there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists J D McColman at 1245 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists John D McColman there as the householder, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists Flora McColman at 3750 West 23rd Avenue, widow of D.

Today

1245 East Pender and 3750 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1242 East 49th (1954) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 McColmans

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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.