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A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona 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 Parker 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

    1622 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Macdonald, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Shaffer at 1626. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1944 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J G McDonald, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Stewart at 1938 and J Strachan at 1956. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2295 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J L Macdonald, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Campbell at 2277. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2645 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs M McDonald, widow of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Lewis at 2639 and A Eastman at 2655. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a conductor, a longshoreman and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Macdonald at 1622 Parker 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 John McDonald there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J G McDonald at 1944 Parker Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James G McDonald there as the householder, a salesman.

In 1940 the directory lists J L Macdonald at 2295 Parker Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John L Macdonald there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McDonald at 2645 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Maud Macdonald there as the householder, widow of C.

Today

1944 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 2295 Parker (2005) and 2645 Parker (1961) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1622 Parker, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 1622 Parker: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

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, street section

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.