A family name on Larch Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McDonald at two addresses in 1940, all on Larch Street, with the close spellings MacDonald and Macdonald. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1847 Larch Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs Ruby McDonald, a cook at the Kitsilano Private Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Gaunt at 1837. The block, door by door
- 2
2020 Larch Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Bruce I Macdonald, an elevator operator at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: C E Wright at 2010 and A W Town at 2030. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a cook and an elevator operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Ruby McDonald at 1847 Larch Street, a cook at the Kitsilano Private Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Bruce I Macdonald at 2020 Larch Street, an elevator operator at the Vancouver Hotel.
Today
1847 Larch still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2020 Larch, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McDonald Mrs Ruby cook Kitsilano Private Hosp1847 Larch, p. 373
- Macdonald Bruce I elev opr Van Hotel2020 Larch, p. 370
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.