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

The McDonalds

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at seven addresses

The directories print twelve people named McDonald at seven addresses in 1940, all on West King Edward 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1007 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • N MacDonald 1940
    • Mrs Florence M MacDonald, a proprietor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Connell at 1005 and Lending Library Modern at 1009. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1360 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A J MacDonald, a president at the Burrard Engineering Works 1940
    • Thomas D MacDonald, a salesman at Standard Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Moodie at 1350 and T A Kelley at 1370. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3193 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J A McDonald, a salesman at Western Wholesale Jewellers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Clarke at 3181. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3545 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Florence McDonald, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: C V Sands at 3543 and R Hornsey at 3547. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3640 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G N Macdonald, a foreman at Dominion Steelweld 1940
    • Elsie M Macdonald, who worked for the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Williams at 3630 and A H Godfrey at 3650. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3809 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M R McDonald, retired 1940
    • Kath R McDonald, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Paddock at 3803 and G Keatley at 3819. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3953 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G R McDonald, a bookkeeper at Tip Top Tailors 1940
    • Maud Macdonald, widow of H 1940

    Next door in 1940: E V Shaw at 3947 and R J Sowden at 3961. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the twelve: a salesman (2), a bookkeeper, a foreman, a nurse, an operator and a president, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (5) and Shaughnessy (2). 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 N MacDonald at 1007 West King Edward Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Florence M MacDonald there, a proprietor. In 1940 the directory lists A J MacDonald at 1360 West King Edward 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 Angus J MacDonald there as the householder, a president at the Burrard Engineering Works, with Thomas D MacDonald, a salesman at Standard Oil.

In 1940 the directory lists J A McDonald at 3193 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A McDonald there as the householder, a salesman at Western Wholesale Jewellers. The 1940 name section lists Florence McDonald at 3545 West King Edward Avenue, a nurse.

G N Macdonald is listed at 3640 West King Edward Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George N Macdonald there as the householder, a foreman at Dominion Steelweld, with Elsie M Macdonald, who worked for the Vancouver City School Board. M R McDonald is listed at 3809 West King Edward Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm R Macdonald there as the householder, retired, with Kath R McDonald, an operator at the BC Telephone.

G R McDonald is listed at 3953 West King Edward Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George R McDonald there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Tip Top Tailors, with Maud Macdonald, widow of H.

Today

1360 West King Edward, 3545 West King Edward, 3640 West King Edward and 3953 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 3193 West King Edward (1987) and 3809 West King Edward (2021) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1007 West King Edward, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.