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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named McDonald at six addresses in 1940, all on Hornby 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

    833 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Margaret Macdonald, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Moore at 827 and Kate's Coffee Bar at 835. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    956 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mervin J McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Andrew Rooms at 952 and A Fontana at 962. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1074 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J H McDonald, a cook who kept rooms to let 1940
    • J Alex McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Nelson at 1070 and A A R Warman at 1080. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1119 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alex McDonald, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Murray Gro & Conf at 1117 and Mrs M Hurliman at 1127. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1221 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Carrelli at 1215 and T J Smith at 1229. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1232 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Don McDonald, a patrolman at the BC District Telegraph 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Bergin at 1228 and H J McIntire at 1236. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a cook and rooms to let, a patrolman and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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 Margaret Macdonald at 833 Hornby Street, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Mervin J McDonald at 956 Hornby Street. In 1940 the directory lists J H McDonald, rooms to let, at 1074 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists James H McDonald there, a cook who kept rooms to let, with J Alex McDonald.

The 1940 name section lists Alex McDonald at 1119 Hornby Street, a salesman. A McDonald is listed at 1221 Hornby 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 Don McDonald at 1232 Hornby Street, a patrolman at the BC District Telegraph.

Today

1119 Hornby still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 833 Hornby, 956 Hornby, 1074 Hornby, 1221 Hornby and 1232 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.