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A family name on East 40th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named McDonald at three addresses in 1940, all on East 40th 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: four McDonalds at 2325 East 40th 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. 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

    2325 East 40th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • L W Macdonald, a bookbinder at Murphy & Chapman 1940
    • Flora E MacDonald, who worked for General Printers & Publishers 1940
    • Marjorie T Macdonald 1940
    • Vera I MacDonald, a saleswoman for D J McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Brown at 2311 and F Nares at 2341. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2355 East 40th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs I McDonald, widow of A 1940
    • Alex McDonald, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Nares at 2341 and Mrs S Osborne at 2395. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2412 East 40th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G McDonald, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: T D Marsden at 2426. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a bookbinder, a fireman, a laundry, a millworker and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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 L W Macdonald at 2325 East 40th 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 Louis W Macdonald there as the householder, a bookbinder at Murphy & Chapman, with Flora E MacDonald, who worked for General Printers & Publishers, Marjorie T Macdonald, and Vera I MacDonald, a saleswoman for D J McDonald. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I McDonald at 2355 East 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Isabella McDonald there as the householder, widow of A, with Alex McDonald, a millworker.

In 1940 the directory lists G McDonald at 2412 East 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George McDonald there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

2325 East 40th (1977), 2355 East 40th (1977) and 2412 East 40th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.