A family name on Chester Street, Sunset and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McDonald at two addresses in 1940, all on Chester 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 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
Cedar Cottage
- 1
4944 Chester Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- L McDonald, a bridgeman 1940
Next door in 1940: E F Stride at 4984. The block, door by door
- 2
5059 Chester Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J R McDonald, a steelworker 1940
Next door in 1940: A Longhurst at 5051 and E C Tetlock at 5069. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bridgeman and a steelworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 L McDonald at 4944 Chester Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leigh McDonald there as the householder, a bridgeman. In 1940 the directory lists J R McDonald at 5059 Chester Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Robert McDonald there as the householder, a steelworker.
Today
4944 Chester (1998) and 5059 Chester (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McDonald L4944 Chester, p. 29
- McDonald Leigh bridgemn4944 Chester, p. 372
- *McDonald J R5059 Chester, p. 29
- McDonald J Robt stlwkr5059 Chester, p. 371
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.