A family name on Trinity Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McDonald at two addresses in 1940, all on Trinity 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
2640 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs M E McDonald, widow of J A 1940
Next door in 1940: H F Perkins at 2636 and A W Last at 2644. The block, door by door
- 2
2660 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs S Macdonald, widow of A 1940
- Mary Macdonald, a machinist operator at BC Sugar 1940
Next door in 1940: H Wilson at 2652 and A B Cockle at 2666. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a machinist operator. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M E McDonald at 2640 Trinity 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 Mabel E Macdonald there as the householder, widow of J A. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Macdonald at 2660 Trinity Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Susan Macdonald there as the householder, widow of A, with Mary Macdonald, a machinist operator at BC Sugar.
Today
2640 Trinity still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2660 Trinity (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McDonald Mrs M E2640 Trinity, p. 157
- Macdonald Mabel E wid J A2640 Trinity, p. 372
- *Macdonald Mrs S2660 Trinity, p. 157
- Macdonald Mary mach opr BC Sugar2660 Trinity, p. 372
- Macdonald Susan wid A2660 Trinity, p. 373
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.