A family name on West Hastings Street, Downtown
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses
The directories print nine people named McDonald at six addresses in 1940, all on West Hastings Street, 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
- 1
53 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- James R McDonald, a mechanic for F R Humber 1940
- W A McDonald 1940
Next door in 1940: Pierre Paris at 51 and Standard Electric & Radio Ltd at 55. The block, door by door
- 2
74 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- W W McDonald 1940
Next door in 1940: Fred's Lunch at 72 and Ray Bros Tailoring at 80. The block, door by door
- 3
116 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- George McDonald, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: black & white hat store at 112 and Toric Optical Co at 118. The block, door by door
- 4
163 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- J M McDonald, an elevator operator at the Flack Building 1940
- D W F McDonald, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: Clarke B M Ltd at 159 and Copp The Shoe Man at 165. The block, door by door
- 5
837 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Sandy McDonald, a lumber broker 1940
- R D Macdonald, a barber 1940
Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door
- 6
1314 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- R M Macdonald, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Boyd at 1312 and Coastwise SS & Barge at 1316. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the nine: an elevator operator and a mechanic.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James R McDonald at 53 West Hastings Street, a mechanic for F R Humber, with W A McDonald. The 1940 name section lists W W McDonald at 74 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists George McDonald at 116 West Hastings Street, retired.
D W F McDonald, a barrister, is listed at 163 West Hastings Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is J M McDonald. The 1940 name section lists James M McDonald there as the householder, an elevator operator at the Flack Building.
In 1940 the directory lists R D Macdonald, a barber, at 837 West Hastings Street. By 1940 it is Sandy McDonald, a lumber broker. In 1940 the directory lists R M Macdonald, a barrister, at 1314 West Hastings Street.
Today
53 West Hastings, 74 West Hastings, 116 West Hastings and 163 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 837 West Hastings (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1314 West Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McDonald Jas R mech F R Humber53 West Hastings, p. 371
- McDonald W A53 West Hastings, p. 373
- McDonald W W74 West Hastings, p. 373
- McDonald Geo retired116 West Hastings, p. 370
- McDonald J M163 West Hastings, p. 77
- McDonald D W F barr163 West Hastings, p. 76
- McDonald Jas M elev opr Flack Bldg163 West Hastings, p. 371
- McDonald Sandy lbr broker837 West Hastings, p. 80
- Macdonald R D barber837 West Hastings, p. 80
- Macdonald R M barr1314 West Hastings, p. 78
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McDonalds
Every directory, as one book
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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.