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A family name on East 19th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named McDonald at three addresses in 1940, all on East 19th 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 most under one roof: three McDonalds at 1308 East 19th 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

    788 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J McDonald, proprietor of Grosvenor Shoe Re-New 1940
    • Mary A Macdonald, a sorter at Star Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Dunbar at 786 and R McKellar at 792. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    827 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • D MacDonald, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Gow at 831. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1308 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • D A McDonald, retired 1940
    • Clarence H McDonald, a swamper at BC Motor Transportation 1940
    • Roderick C McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Kaighin at 1318. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a police officer, a proprietor, a sorter and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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

In 1940 the directory lists J McDonald at 788 East 19th Avenue; 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 James McDonald there, proprietor of Grosvenor Shoe Re-New, with Mary A Macdonald, a sorter at Star Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists D MacDonald at 827 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don MacDonald there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists D A McDonald at 1308 East 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don A McDonald there as the householder, retired, with Clarence H McDonald, a swamper at BC Motor Transportation, and Roderick C McDonald.

Today

788 East 19th, 827 East 19th and 1308 East 19th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.