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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named McDonald at six addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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

    1076 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R McDonald, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P Legerton at 1066. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1158 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A McDonald, a cement contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Mann at 1152 and B F Cope at 1176. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1310 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Margaret Macdonald, an insurance agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Evans at 1336. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3573 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N MacDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Gooding at 3565 and A E Davis at 3581. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3896 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs J Macdonald, widow of J 1940
    • David W Macdonald, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Arnison at 3884. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4107 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • N A MacDonald, a 3rd officer 1940
    • Lenora MacDonald, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: N L Homan at 4103 and J S Warnock at 4111. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a cement contractor, a fireman, an insurance agent and a school teacher. Two of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), West Point Grey (2) and Kitsilano. 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 R McDonald at 1076 West 13th Avenue; 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 Rudolph McDonald there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists J A McDonald at 1158 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John A McDonald there, a cement contractor.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret Macdonald at 1310 West 13th Avenue, an insurance agent. N MacDonald is listed at 3573 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Macdonald at 3896 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jean McDonald there as the householder, widow of J, with David W Macdonald, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists N A MacDonald at 4107 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman A MacDonald there, a 3rd officer, with Lenora MacDonald, a student.

Today

1310 West 13th, 3573 West 13th and 4107 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1310 West 13th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1076 West 13th, 1158 West 13th and 3896 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.