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A family name on Bute Street, West End and Downtown

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at five addresses

The directories print ten people named McDonald at five addresses in 1940, all on Bute 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 most under one roof: four McDonalds at 1086 Bute 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

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

    894 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Elizabeth MacDonald, a bookkeeper at Birks 1940

    Next door in 1940: beaconsfield apts at 884. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    925 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • F McDonald, a traveller at Leckie 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Robinson at 975. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M E McDonald 1940
    • W W Macdonald 1940
    • Boswell R Macdonald, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • D J McDonald, retired 1940
    • R S Macdonald 1940
    • Mrs Maize E Macdonald 1940
    • William W MacDonald, a druggist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1404 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E McDonald, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss C Christison at 1410. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the ten: a bookkeeper, a druggist and a traveller.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Elizabeth MacDonald at 894 Bute Street, a bookkeeper at Birks. F McDonald is listed at 925 Bute Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank McDonald there as the householder, a traveller at Leckie.

W W Macdonald is listed at 1065 Bute Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is Mrs M E McDonald. The 1940 name section lists Boswell R Macdonald there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists R S Macdonald at 1086 Bute Street. By 1940 it is D J McDonald. The 1940 name section lists Don J McDonald there as the householder, retired, with Mrs Maize E Macdonald, and William W MacDonald, a druggist.

Mrs E McDonald, rooms to let, is listed at 1404 Bute Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Erie McDonald there, who kept rooms to let.

Today

925 Bute, 1065 Bute and 1086 Bute still have their buildings from before 1946, 925 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 894 Bute and 1404 Bute, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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

The book of the McDonalds

Every directory, as one book

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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.