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A family name on East 3rd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named McDonald at six addresses in 1940, all on East 3rd 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 1823 East 3rd 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. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    64 East 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W S MacDonald, a telegraph operator at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: cosy neuk at 46. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    111 East 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • N R MacDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Parker at 107 and Mrs S Blanchard at 117. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1823 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W W MacDonald, a salesman 1940
    • Irene MacDonald, a clerk at Gault Bros 1940
    • Mary Macdonald, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Headrick at 1817 and G D Sanderson at 1831. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1824 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs H A McDonald, widow of L D 1940
    • Earl McDonald, a mechanic 1940
    • James McDonald, a messenger at Johnston National Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Pritchard at 1816 and W Johnson at 1830. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2457 East 3rd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs A R McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Logan at 2441 and Mrs A Cameron at 2465. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2980 East 3rd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W MacDonald, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Herman at 2974 and W H Bradford at 2986. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a clerk, a mechanic, a messenger, a salesman, a saleswoman and a telegraph operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Mount Pleasant (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 W S MacDonald at 64 East 3rd 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 Wallace S MacDonald there as the householder, a telegraph operator at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists N R MacDonald at 111 East 3rd Avenue.

W W MacDonald is listed at 1823 East 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wallace W MacDonald there as the householder, a salesman, with Irene MacDonald, a clerk at Gault Bros, and Mary Macdonald, a saleswoman at Woodward's. Mrs H A McDonald is listed at 1824 East 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hazel A McDonald there as the householder, widow of L D, with Earl McDonald, a mechanic, and James McDonald, a messenger at Johnston National Storage.

Mrs A R McDonald is listed at 2457 East 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Agnes R McDonald there as the householder. W MacDonald is listed at 2980 East 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William MacDonald there as the householder, retired.

Today

1824 East 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 64 East 3rd (1969), 111 East 3rd (2008), 2457 East 3rd (2007) and 2980 East 3rd (1974) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1823 East 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.