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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McConaghys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named McConaghy at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling McConeghy. 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 McConaghys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2953 East 4th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A McConaghy, a carpenter 1940
    • Eveline E McConaghy, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Brindell at 2947 and A G Macdougall at 2957. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2376 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H E McConaghy, a clerk at H E McConaghy Plumbing 1940
    • Mae L McConaghy, a clerk at the Dominion Income Tax 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Baird at 2370 and H H Free at 2386. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3524 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J A McConaghy, a supervisor at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Hall at 3518 and A S Morrow at 3538. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1768 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G L McConeghy, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Le Beau at 1760 and W A Bell at 1776. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2060 Whyte Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L J McConaghy, a compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E G Warne at 2054 and F E Griffin at 2070. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: a clerk (3), a carpenter, a compositor, a painter and a supervisor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 A McConaghy at 2953 East 4th 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 Alex McConaghy there as the householder, a carpenter, with Eveline E McConaghy, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists H E McConaghy at 2376 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh E McConaghy there as the householder, a manager at H E McConaghy Plumbing, with Hugh E McConaghy Jr, a clerk at H E McConaghy Plumbing, and Mae L McConaghy, a clerk at the Dominion Income Tax.

In 1940 the directory lists J A McConaghy at 3524 West 31st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James A McConaghy there as the householder, a supervisor at the Post Office. In 1940 the directory lists G L McConeghy at 1768 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gordon L McConeghy there as the householder, a painter.

In 1940 the directory lists L J McConaghy at 2060 Whyte Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence J McConaghy there as the householder, a compositor at the Sun.

Today

2953 East 4th (1984) and 2060 Whyte (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2376 West 2nd, 3524 West 31st and 1768 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.