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A family name on East 12th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named McDonald at four addresses in 1940, all on East 12th Avenue, 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.

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Where the McDonalds lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    116 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Angus K McDonald, a caretaker at St Patrick's R C 1940
  2. 2

    233 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W K McDonald, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McKinnon at 229 and H J Lister at 239. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1137 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs L E McDonald, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Dunlop at 1129 and P J Sollis at 1163. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1602 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A J Macdonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Patch at 1610. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a caretaker and a conductor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Angus K McDonald at 116 East 12th Avenue, a caretaker at St Patrick's R C. W K McDonald is listed at 233 East 12th Avenue 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 W Kyle McDonald there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

Mrs L E McDonald is listed at 1137 East 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lydia E Macdonald there as the householder, widow of S. A J Macdonald is listed at 1602 East 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

1137 East 12th and 1602 East 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 233 East 12th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 116 East 12th, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the McDonalds

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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.