A family name on Comox Street, West End
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McDonald at three addresses in 1940, all on Comox 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the McDonalds lived
- 1
1056 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Joan McDonald, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1523 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs L McDonald, widow of A 1940
- Mary M Macdonald, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W G Jones at 1517 and H R Wade at 1529. The block, door by door
- 3
1558 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- D A McDonald 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs O M Gourlie at 1550 and C E Booth at 1560. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joan McDonald at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital. Mrs L McDonald is listed at 1523 Comox Street in 1940; 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 lists Lily Macdonald there as the householder, widow of A, with Mary M Macdonald, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists D A McDonald at 1558 Comox Street.
Today
1523 Comox and 1558 Comox still have their buildings from before 1946, 1523 Comox on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McDonald Joan nurse St Pauls Hosp1056 Comox, p. 371
- *McDonald Mrs L1523 Comox, p. 35
- Macdonald Lily wid A1523 Comox, p. 372
- Macdonald Mary M clk BCER1523 Comox, p. 372
- McDonald D A1558 Comox, p. 370
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.