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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · 17 people at ten addresses

The directories print 17 people named McDonald at ten addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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: four McDonalds at 3442 West 8th 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

    343 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R W MacDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Baxter at 339 and L E Herchmer at 345. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    515 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • George A MacDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Popil at 521. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    686 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • V E Macdonald, a window cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Billis at 676. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1499 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Agnes McDonald, widow of J S 1940

    Next door in 1940: S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1856 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M MacDonald, widow of N 1940
    • Alice MacDonald 1940
    • Peter MacDonald, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Prince at 1846 and Mrs S Kameda at 1864. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2234 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J S MacDonald, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
    • Jack A McDonald, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Killip at 2226 and Mrs S Ewart at 2242. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2334 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Thelma K MacDonald, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J A G Simpson at 2324 and W G Clark at 2344. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2436 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs K MacDonald, widow of D W 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Y Stokoe at 2446. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3442 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W L Macdonald, proprietor of Lang's Mineral Remedies 1940
    • Cordelia M C Macdonald, a stenographer for Helliwell Maclachlan 1940
    • Gordon H Macdonald 1940
    • John C Macdonald, a clerk at BC Pulp & Paper 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Grove at 3436 and J W Simpson at 3450. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    4573 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • N H McDonald, an electrician at Begg 1940
    • J Julie McDonald, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Roberts at 4563 and West Pt Grey United Ch at 4595. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the 17: a clerk, an electrician, a proprietor, a salesman, a stenographer and a window cleaner. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5), Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant 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 R W MacDonald at 343 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George A MacDonald at 515 West 8th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists V E Macdonald at 686 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Vernon E Macdonald there as the householder, a window cleaner.

The 1940 name section lists Agnes McDonald at 1499 West 8th Avenue, widow of J S. Mrs M MacDonald is listed at 1856 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marion Macdonald there as the householder, widow of N, with Alice MacDonald, and Peter MacDonald, a student.

J S MacDonald is listed at 2234 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John S MacDonald there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies, with Jack A McDonald, a student. The 1940 name section lists Thelma K MacDonald at 2334 West 8th Avenue, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs K MacDonald at 2436 West 8th 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 Katie MacDonald there as the householder, widow of D W. In 1940 the directory lists W L Macdonald at 3442 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William L Macdonald there as the householder, proprietor of Lang's Mineral Remedies, with Cordelia M C Macdonald, a stenographer for Helliwell Maclachlan, Gordon H Macdonald, and John C Macdonald, a clerk at BC Pulp & Paper.

In 1940 the directory lists N H McDonald at 4573 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists N Hudson McDonald there, an electrician at Begg, with J Julie McDonald, a student.

Today

2334 West 8th, 2436 West 8th and 3442 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 343 West 8th, 515 West 8th, 686 West 8th, 1499 West 8th, 1856 West 8th, 2234 West 8th and 4573 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 23 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.