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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named McDonald at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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

    985 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs R McDonald, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Roll at 975. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1635 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M Eleanor Macdonald, a maid for B R Tupper 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Hynes at 1625 and Mrs L F Schuthe at 1645. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1936 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J T McDonald, a managing director at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works 1940
    • M Dorothy Macdonald, a typist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J P Gordon at 1926 and A Knight at 1946. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2070 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss C MacDonald 1940
    • Christine MacDonald, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Lougheed at 2060. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2704 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J A Macdonald, an accountant at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Palmer at 2708. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3284 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W H McDonald, a clerk at CP Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E McKee at 3294. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3636 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H McDonald, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Fraser at 3628 and S J Bates at 3650. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: an accountant, a carpenter, a clerk, a maid, a managing director and a school teacher, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Fairview (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 Mrs R McDonald at 985 West 14th 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 Ruth McDonald there as the householder, widow of D. The 1940 name section lists M Eleanor Macdonald at 1635 West 14th Avenue, a maid for B R Tupper.

J T McDonald is listed at 1936 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John T McDonald there as the householder, a managing director at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works, with M Dorothy Macdonald, a typist. Miss C MacDonald is listed at 2070 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Christine MacDonald there as the householder, a school teacher.

J A Macdonald is listed at 2704 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Macdonald there as the householder, an accountant at Associated Dairies. W H McDonald is listed at 3284 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Harry McDonald there as the householder, a clerk at CP Express.

H McDonald is listed at 3636 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry McDonald there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

1936 West 14th and 2070 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1936 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 985 West 14th (1962) and 3636 West 14th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1635 West 14th, 2704 West 14th and 3284 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.