A family name on Helmcken Street, Downtown
The McDougalls
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McDougall at two addresses in 1940, all on Helmcken Street, with the close spellings MacDougall, Macdougall and McDougal. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 59 other streets too, all listed on the McDougall name's own page.
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Where the McDougalls lived
- 1
540 Helmcken Street
Downtown, 1940
- C R McDougall 1940
Next door in 1940: F Smith at 538 and E Schofield at 542. The block, door by door
- 2
541 Helmcken Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M McDougall, widow of R 1940
- Jack McDougall, a factory worker at Canadian Canners 1940
Next door in 1940: A Martin at 537 and Mrs M J Bolt at 543. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a factory worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 C R McDougall at 540 Helmcken Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles R McDougall there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McDougall at 541 Helmcken Street. The 1940 name section lists Mary McDougall there as the householder, widow of R, with Jack McDougall, a factory worker at Canadian Canners.
Today
540 Helmcken still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 541 Helmcken, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McDougall C R540 Helmcken, p. 83
- McDougall Chas R540 Helmcken, p. 374
- McDougall Mrs M541 Helmcken, p. 83
- McDougall Jack fcty wkr Can Canners541 Helmcken, p. 374
- McDougall Mary wid R541 Helmcken, p. 374
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McDougalls
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McDougall name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.