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A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at eight addresses

The directories print 15 people named McDonald at eight addresses in 1940, all on Davie 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: three McDonalds at 1022 Davie 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

    836 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N A Bridge at 830 and N B Huller at 842. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1022 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • M MacDonald, a salesman at Coca 1940
    • N MacDonald 1940
    • Mrs Cath M MacDonald, a manager at Embassy Court 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M I Norton at 1020 and Ballroom Embassy at 1024. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1110 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • J R MacDonald, a clerk at M-W Ltd 1940
    • Mrs Kathryn MacDonald, proprietor of Kathryn's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Hildred at 1108 and marcroft manor apts at 1114. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1142 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • William McDonald, a waiter at the Devonshire Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Thorpe at 1134 and B D Moffatt at 1144. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1147 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • M McDonald 1940
    • Violet L Macdonald, a stenographer at Hall Holland 1940

    Next door in 1940: K L Wood at 1143 and Mrs H Hughes at 1153. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1157 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Murdoch McDonald, a waiter at Ambass 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Hughes at 1153 and Mrs M E Shepherd at 1165. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1531 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss F McDonald 1940
    • Frances McDonald, a stenographer at Canadian National Steamships 1940
    • Ella McDonald, a school dental attendant at the City of Vancouver 1940
  8. 8

    1552 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Macdonald 1940
    • Helen M Macdonald, a stenographer at the Vancouver Board of Trade 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Cripps at 1528. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 15: a stenographer (3), a waiter (2), a clerk, a manager, a proprietor and a salesman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (7) and Downtown. 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 R McDonald at 836 Davie Street. N MacDonald is listed at 1022 Davie Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is M MacDonald. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Murdo MacDonald there, a salesman at Coca, with Mrs Cath M MacDonald, a manager at Embassy Court.

In 1940 the directory lists J R MacDonald at 1110 Davie 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 lists J R MacDonald there as the householder, a clerk at M-W Ltd, with Mrs Kathryn MacDonald, proprietor of Kathryn's. The 1940 name section lists William McDonald at 1142 Davie Street, a waiter at the Devonshire Hotel.

M McDonald is listed at 1147 Davie Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Violet L Macdonald there, a stenographer at Hall Holland. The 1940 name section lists Murdoch McDonald at 1157 Davie Street as the householder, a waiter at Ambass.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss F McDonald at 1531 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Frances McDonald there as the householder, a stenographer at Canadian National Steamships, with Ella McDonald, a school dental attendant at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists J A Macdonald at 1552 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Helen M Macdonald there, a stenographer at the Vancouver Board of Trade.

Today

1147 Davie (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 836 Davie, 1022 Davie, 1110 Davie, 1142 Davie, 1157 Davie, 1531 Davie and 1552 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.