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A family name on Harwood Street, West End

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

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

    1030 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Bruce J Macdonald, a salesman at Hoover 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Bell at 1028 and Mrs E Mathieson at 1040. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1148 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Eileen MacDonald, a waitress at White Corner Hamburger 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Thomson at 1146 and T R R Hoggan at 1156. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1492 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ione Macdonald, a designer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Allison at 1436 and Mrs P B Saunders at 1496. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1670 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs R B Macdonald 1940
    • Frederick W Macdonald, a salesman at Burleigh & Partners 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Winsby at 1650 and belaire apts at 1684. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a salesman (2), a designer and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bruce J Macdonald at 1030 Harwood Street, a salesman at Hoover. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Eileen MacDonald at 1148 Harwood Street, a waitress at White Corner Hamburger. The 1940 name section lists Ione Macdonald at 1492 Harwood Street, a designer.

Mrs R B Macdonald is listed at 1670 Harwood Street 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 Frederick W Macdonald there, a salesman at Burleigh & Partners.

Today

1492 Harwood still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1030 Harwood (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1148 Harwood and 1670 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.