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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named McDonald at six addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, 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

    10 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H A MacDonald, a warehouseman at CP Express 1940
    • Ina M MacDonald, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D Jamieson at 6 and W Crawford at 20. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    37 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E L MacDonald, widow of R P 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Hoag at 31 and W O Smith at 43. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1316 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D Macdonald, a weighman at the Board of Grain Commissioners 1940
    • Mrs E K Macdonald, widow of W S 1940

    Next door in 1940: rose court at 1336. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1696 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss J H McDonald 1940
    • J Hazel McDonald, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Marshall at 1686. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1786 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Walter McDonald, a president at Oakland Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1776 and J Morris at 1796. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4653 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Jean F McDonald, a teacher at the Deaf & Blind School 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Melville at 4649 and R H Payne at 4659. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a president, a saleswoman, a stenographer, a teacher, a warehouseman and a weighman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant (2) and West Point Grey. 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 H A MacDonald at 10 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hugh A MacDonald there as the householder, a warehouseman at CP Express, with Hugh A MacDonald Jr, and Ina M MacDonald, a saleswoman. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E L MacDonald at 37 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ethel L MacDonald there as the householder, widow of R P.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E K Macdonald at 1316 West 11th Avenue. By 1940 it is D Macdonald. The 1940 name section lists Don Macdonald there as the householder, a weighman at the Board of Grain Commissioners, with Edna K Macdonald, widow of W S.

Miss J H McDonald is listed at 1696 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Hazel McDonald there as the householder, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Walter McDonald at 1786 West 11th Avenue, a president at Oakland Market. The 1940 name section lists Jean F McDonald at 4653 West 11th Avenue, a teacher at the Deaf & Blind School.

Today

37 West 11th and 1696 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1316 West 11th (2001) and 4653 West 11th (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 10 West 11th and 1786 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.