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A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named McDonald at three addresses in 1940, all on West 21st 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: three McDonalds at 448 West 21st 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

    448 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F McDonald, proprietor of Strand Barber Shop 1940
    • Gladys W McDonald, an operator at Jones Tent & Awning 1940
    • Joseph McDonald, a helper at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Noble at 434 and S I Harding at 456. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    653 West 21st Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Grant MacDonald, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Shellshear at 645 and E F Herbert at 661. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3368 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A McDonald, a salesman at Gough & Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Shilvock at 3350 and G W Taylor at 3380. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a helper, a logger, an operator, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 F McDonald at 448 West 21st 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 Francis McDonald there as the householder, proprietor of Strand Barber Shop, with Gladys W McDonald, an operator at Jones Tent & Awning, and Joseph McDonald, a helper at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works. The 1940 name section lists Grant MacDonald at 653 West 21st Avenue, a logger.

A McDonald is listed at 3368 West 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur McDonald there as the householder, a salesman at Gough & Thompson.

Today

448 West 21st and 653 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946; 3368 West 21st (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.