A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McDonald at two addresses in 1940, all on Burrard Street, with the close spellings MacDonald and Macdonald. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three McDonalds at 777 Burrard in 1940. 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
537 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Malcolm Macdonald, a yardman at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Marine Garage at 529 and C H Trip at 539. The block, door by door
- 2
777 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- A H McDonald 1940
- R D Macdonald, a barber 1940
- Mrs Idell McDonald, proprietor of the Charm of Hollywood 1940
Next door in 1940: McLean, Rowles & Co hairdrsr's supp at 775 and Irwinton Gro at 779. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Malcolm Macdonald at 537 Burrard Street, a yardman at the CPR. R D Macdonald is listed at 777 Burrard Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is A H McDonald. The 1940 name section lists Arthur H McDonald there as the householder, with Roy D Macdonald, a barber, and Mrs Idell McDonald, proprietor of the Charm of Hollywood.
Today
777 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 537 Burrard, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Macdonald Malc ydmn CPR537 Burrard, p. 372
- McDonald A H777 Burrard, p. 22
- Macdonald R D777 Burrard, p. 22
- McDonald Arth H777 Burrard, p. 370
- McDonald Mrs Idell prop Charm of Hollywood777 Burrard, p. 371
- Macdonald Roy D barber 214, 837 W Hastings777 Burrard, p. 373
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.