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A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named McDonald at four addresses in 1940, all on West 19th 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 most under one roof: five McDonalds at 988 West 19th 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

    45 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D A Macdonald, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Carlin at 39 and Miss I Forsythe at 63. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    974 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W V McDonald, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Davenport at 970 and S Izen at 976. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    988 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J M MacDonald, a driver 1940
    • Grace A MacDonald, a nurse 1940
    • Hector S MacDonald, a salesman 1940
    • John C MacDonald, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
    • Kath J MacDonald, a stenographer at Bell-Irving Insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Morris at 982 and Mrs A T Worth at 994. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3377 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D W McDonald, an engineer at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Macauley at 3363 and S O Dodds at 3391. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all eight: an engineer (2), a clerk, a conductor, a driver, a nurse and a salesman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 D A Macdonald at 45 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don A Macdonald there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists W V McDonald at 974 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Walter V McDonald there as the householder, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists J M MacDonald at 988 West 19th 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 lists John M MacDonald there as the householder, a driver, with Grace A MacDonald, a nurse, Hector S MacDonald, a salesman, John C MacDonald, a clerk at the Royal Bank, and Kath J MacDonald, a stenographer at Bell-Irving Insurance. In 1940 the directory lists D W McDonald at 3377 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists D Wilfred McDonald there as the householder, an engineer at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

988 West 19th and 3377 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 45 West 19th (1996) and 974 West 19th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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.