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A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named McDonald at four addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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 most under one roof: three McDonalds at 784 Thurlow in 1940. 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

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • A J Macdonald 1940
    • Mrs Helen MacDonald 1940
    • M Gladys Macdonald, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    855 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Grace E Macdonald, widow of F S 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Burton at 811 and 21 listings at 859. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    998 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • I McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1119 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Don J Macdonald, a salesman for J T Auld 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Sonnie at 1113 and J H Hudson at 1147. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

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

In 1940 the directory lists A J Macdonald at 784 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Helen MacDonald there, with M Gladys Macdonald, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Grace E Macdonald at 855 Thurlow Street as the householder, widow of F S.

I McDonald is listed at 998 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ian McDonald there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Don J Macdonald at 1119 Thurlow Street, a salesman for J T Auld.

Today

784 Thurlow, 855 Thurlow, 998 Thurlow and 1119 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 784 Thurlow, 855 Thurlow and 1119 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.