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A family name on Graveley Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named McDonald at four addresses in 1940, all on Graveley 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 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

    1616 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J McDonald, a fitter at Barr & Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Buxton at 1610 and F W Steacy at 1624. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2270 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G C MacDonald, a salesman at Canada Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B B Manuel at 2258. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2963 Graveley Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H C Macdonald, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Erickson at 2957 and F W Alexander at 2979. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3280 Graveley Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Robert A MacDonald, a trainman 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Carrick at 3266. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a fitter, a millworker, a salesman and a trainman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) 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 J McDonald at 1616 Graveley Street; 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 Jack McDonald there as the householder, a fitter at Barr & Anderson. In 1940 the directory lists G C MacDonald at 2270 Graveley Street. The 1940 name section lists George C MacDonald there as the householder, a salesman at Canada Packers.

In 1940 the directory lists H C Macdonald at 2963 Graveley Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hamish C Macdonald there as the householder, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Robert A MacDonald at 3280 Graveley Street, a trainman.

Today

1616 Graveley and 2270 Graveley still have their buildings from before 1946; 2963 Graveley (1992) and 3280 Graveley (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.