A family name on Alberta Street, Mount Pleasant
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McDonald at three addresses in 1940, all on Alberta Street, with the close spellings MacDonald and Macdonald. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 231 other streets too, all listed on the McDonald name's own page.
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Where the McDonalds lived
- 1
2224 Alberta Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- H McDonald, a bridgeman 1940
Next door in 1940: H T Fellows at 2228. The block, door by door
- 2
2421 Alberta Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Alex McDonald, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: M R Seehuber at 2415. The block, door by door
- 3
2648 Alberta Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Seifert J McDonald, a salesman at Singer Sewing Machinery 1940
Next door in 1940: Rev Mrs E M Paul at 2632. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bridgeman and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3). 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 H McDonald at 2224 Alberta Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hugh McDonald there as the householder, a bridgeman. The 1940 name section lists Alex McDonald at 2421 Alberta Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Seifert J McDonald at 2648 Alberta Street, a salesman at Singer Sewing Machinery.
Today
2224 Alberta and 2648 Alberta still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2421 Alberta, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McDonald H2224 Alberta, p. 3
- McDonald Hugh bridgemn2224 Alberta, p. 371
- McDonald Alex retired2421 Alberta, p. 369
- McDonald Seifert J slsmn Singer Sewing Mach2648 Alberta, p. 373
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McDonalds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McDonald name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.