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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · 17 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 17 people named McDonald at eleven addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, 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 1221 Granville 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

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hon W A Macdonald, a consulting counsel 1940
    • F R Macdonald, a mechanic engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    736 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J W G Macdonald, an artist 1940
    • L P Macdonald, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    936 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gordon McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ladies My at 932 and New Palace Cafe at 938. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1018 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ernest McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1125 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Archibald McDonald, a groundsman at Shaughnessy Heights G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • B McDonald 1940
    • Victor MacDonald, a janitor at Vancouver Parts 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1221 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Daniel W McDonald 1940
    • Gordon McDonald, a longshoreman 1940
    • James McDonald 1940
    • Miss K McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1336 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Angus Macdonald, a track foreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cecil Cafe at 1326 and Independent Motors at 1344. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    5288 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs Elizabeth M K McDonald, a bookkeeper at Vancouver Recreation Parks 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Hiland at 5262. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    5737 Granville Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • N Macdonald, proprietor of Willingdor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Style at 5735 and Society Clnrs & Dyers at 5739. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the 17: a bookkeeper, a groundsman, a janitor, a longshoreman, a proprietor and a track foreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (9), Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 F R Macdonald, a mechanic engineer, at 718 Granville Street. By 1940 it is Hon W A Macdonald, a consulting counsel. In 1940 the directory lists L P Macdonald, a barrister, at 736 Granville Street. By 1940 it is J W G Macdonald, an artist.

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon McDonald at 936 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists J McDonald at 1018 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Ernest McDonald at 1060 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Archibald McDonald at 1125 Granville Street, a groundsman at Shaughnessy Heights G.

The 1940 name section lists B McDonald at 1212 Granville Street, with Victor MacDonald, a janitor at Vancouver Parts. The 1940 name section lists Daniel W McDonald at 1221 Granville Street, with Gordon McDonald, a longshoreman, James McDonald, and Miss K McDonald. The 1940 name section lists Angus Macdonald at 1336 Granville Street, a track foreman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elizabeth M K McDonald at 5288 Granville Street, a bookkeeper at Vancouver Recreation Parks.

In 1940 the directory lists N Macdonald at 5737 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Norman Macdonald there, proprietor of Willingdor.

Today

736 Granville, 936 Granville, 1018 Granville, 1060 Granville, 1125 Granville, 1212 Granville and 1221 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 718 Granville, 1336 Granville, 5288 Granville and 5737 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 1221 Granville: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 18 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.