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A family name on Broughton Street, West End

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named McDonald at four addresses in 1940, all on Broughton 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

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

    912 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • James McDonald, a steward at the Arctic Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G McGuire at 908 and A MacMillan at 942. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    942 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harry W McDonald, a bookkeeper at Acme Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Simpson at 912 and G C Hodge at 958. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1112 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Macdonald, an engineer 1940
    • Mrs Florence M Macdonald, proprietor of Rosedale 1940

    Next door in 1940: I W Shoop at 1146. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1255 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • A B Macdonald, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Cromwell at 1253 and J P Nicolls at 1281. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a bookkeeper, an engineer, a proprietor and a steward.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 James McDonald at 912 Broughton Street, a steward at the Arctic Club. The 1940 name section lists Harry W McDonald at 942 Broughton Street, a bookkeeper at Acme Shingle. In 1940 the directory lists A Macdonald at 1112 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex McDonald there as the householder, an engineer, with Mrs Florence M Macdonald, proprietor of Rosedale.

In 1940 the directory lists A B Macdonald at 1255 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex B McDonald there as the householder, retired.

Today

1112 Broughton (1953) and 1255 Broughton (1955) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 912 Broughton and 942 Broughton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.