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A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eight addresses

The directories print eleven people named McDonald at eight addresses in 1940, all on East 7th 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 101 East 7th 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

    101 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss G E McDonald 1940
    • Gertrude E McDonald, a nurse 1940
    • Christine McDonald, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    108 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Madge M Macdonald, a stenographer at the Dominion Income Tax 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Angelucci at 106 and Mrs F Swanson at 116. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    339 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss G MacDonald 1940
    • Grace MacDonald, a saleswoman at McKee's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E N McIntyre at 337 and J T Pasjack at 349. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1430 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs F McDonald, widow of O A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Woods at 1420 and O Neeld at 1436. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1768 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H R McDonald, a moulder at Letson & Burpee 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Shiminousky at 1760 and L Rower at 1778. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2003 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G G McDonald, an inspector at Federal Meat Inspection Division 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Bain at 2011. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3286 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C McDonald, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Braun at 3266. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3375 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J McDonald, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Cranna at 3365 and Mrs V S Bell at 3387. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a carpenter, a clerk, an inspector, a moulder, a nurse and a saleswoman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3), Mount Pleasant (3) and Hastings-Sunrise (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 Miss G E McDonald at 101 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gertrude E McDonald there as the householder, a nurse, with Christine McDonald, a clerk at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Madge M Macdonald at 108 East 7th Avenue, a stenographer at the Dominion Income Tax.

Miss G MacDonald is listed at 339 East 7th 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 Grace MacDonald there as the householder, a saleswoman at McKee's. Mrs F McDonald is listed at 1430 East 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frances McDonald there as the householder, widow of O A.

H R McDonald is listed at 1768 East 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hector R McDonald there as the householder, a moulder at Letson & Burpee. G G McDonald is listed at 2003 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon G McDonald there as the householder, an inspector at Federal Meat Inspection Division.

C McDonald is listed at 3286 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clement McDonald there as the householder, a carpenter. J McDonald is listed at 3375 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James McDonald there as the householder, retired.

Today

101 East 7th, 1768 East 7th and 2003 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 101 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 339 East 7th (1965) and 3286 East 7th (1951) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 108 East 7th, 1430 East 7th and 3375 East 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.