A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McDonald at three addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway, 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
- 1
- 2
3295 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- D J McDonald, a baker 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Hughes at 3289 and Can Bank of Com at 3297. The block, door by door
- 3
3363 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- H MacDonald, a painter at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: G Rossoff at 3361 and Edmonton Furn at 3365. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 McDonald (no first name printed) at 1109 Kingsway. D J McDonald, a baker, is listed at 3295 Kingsway in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists H MacDonald at 3363 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hugh MacDonald there as the householder, a painter at Associated Dairies.
Today
3363 Kingsway (1952) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1109 Kingsway and 3295 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McDonald Mrs —1109 Kingsway, p. 98
- McDonald D J baker3295 Kingsway, p. 99
- MacDonald H3363 Kingsway, p. 99
- MacDonald Hugh pntr Assoc Dairies3363 Kingsway, p. 371
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McDonalds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McDonald name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.