A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 33rd Avenue, 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
1376 West 33rd Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A R MacDougall, of MacDougall & Morrison 1940
Next door in 1940: H B Wagner at 1350 and Mrs H K Hutchinson at 1390. The block, door by door
- 2
2658 West 33rd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- R D McDougall, proprietor of Ray's Pattern Works 1940
- Marjorie McDougall, a stenographer at Ray's Pattern Works 1940
Next door in 1940: S C Millard at 2646 and W J Waters at 2676. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Ray's Pattern Works.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Shaughnessy. 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 A R MacDougall at 1376 West 33rd 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 A Reginald MacDougall there as the householder, of MacDougall & Morrison. In 1940 the directory lists R D McDougall at 2658 West 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ray D McDougall there as the householder, proprietor of Ray's Pattern Works, with Marjorie McDougall, a stenographer at Ray's Pattern Works.
Today
1376 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; 2658 West 33rd (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacDougall A R1376 West 33rd, p. 248
- MacDougall A Regd of MacDougall & Morrison1376 West 33rd, p. 373
- *McDougall R D2658 West 33rd, p. 249
- McDougall Marjorie sten Ray's Pattern Wks2658 West 33rd, p. 374
- McDougall Ray D prop Ray's Pattern Wks2658 West 33rd, p. 374
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.