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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McDickens

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named McDicken at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling MacDicken. 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 McDickens 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

    258 East King Edward Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs S McDicken 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Gilbert at 250 and J C Wallace at 282. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    307 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R McDicken 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Sutherland at 317. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4791 Windsor Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs I B MacDicken 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Lefeaux at 4777. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Mrs S McDicken at 258 East King Edward 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). R McDicken is listed at 307 West 23rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I B MacDicken at 4791 Windsor Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

258 East King Edward (1986) and 307 West 23rd (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4791 Windsor, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the McDickens

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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.