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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McCords

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named McCord 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. The most under one roof: four McCords at 605 West 17th in 1940.

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Where the McCords 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

    705 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • David McCord 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Wise at 719. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4055 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs E McCord, widow of H A 1940
    • William H A McCord, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S M Barnes at 4047 and Mrs K M C Hogan at 4063. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    605 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W R McCord, a fitter at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
    • Barbara G McCord, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Kathleen D McCord, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Margaret E McCord, a milliner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Panasis at 621. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a driver, a fitter, a milliner, an operator and a ward assistant. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, South Cambie and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David McCord at 705 Broughton Street. Mrs E McCord is listed at 4055 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ethel McCord there as the householder, widow of H A, with William H A McCord, a driver.

W R McCord is listed at 605 West 17th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists W Robert McCord there as the householder, a fitter at the Burrard Dry Dock, with Barbara G McCord, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital, Kathleen D McCord, an operator at the BC Telephone, and Margaret E McCord, a milliner.

Today

605 West 17th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 705 Broughton and 4055 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.