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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGavins

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at nine addresses

The directories print 14 people named McGavin at nine addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 McGavins at 434 East 20th in 1940.

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Where the McGavins 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

    195 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Dorothy McGavin, a labeller at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: T G Davies at 175 and A Stirton at 197. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    434 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A F McGavin, a carpenter 1940
    • Cecil E McGavin, a mechanic at the Daley Heating & Sheet Metal Works 1940
    • Garfield A McGavin, a sheet metal worker 1940
    • Lillian O McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Stokes at 430 and H Amiss at 442. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    137 Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W McGavin, a salesman for P Paris 1940
  4. 4

    2204 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • W McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Whiles at 2202 and College Clnrs at 2208. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss A McGavin 1940
    • Alma McGavin, a stenographer for H Hacking 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3517 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A McGavin, a manager at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Steer at 3505 and C G Campbell at 3537. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3691 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A M McGavin, a salesman at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: H V M Diamond at 3675. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1562 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J McGavin, a salesman at McGavin 1940
    • Donna McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Robarts at 1538 and N G Fitchpatrick at 1588. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2106 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William McGavin, a driver at McGavin 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 14: a salesman (3), a carpenter, a driver, a labeller, a manager and a mechanic, among others. Four of them worked for McGavin.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Riley Park (2), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 Dorothy McGavin at 195 East 17th Avenue, a labeller at the Pacific Mills. A F McGavin is listed at 434 East 20th Avenue in 1940; 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 Alex F McGavin there as the householder, a carpenter, with Cecil E McGavin, a mechanic at the Daley Heating & Sheet Metal Works, Garfield A McGavin, a sheet metal worker, and Lillian O McGavin.

W McGavin is listed at 137 Garden Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William McGavin there as the householder, retired, with William G McGavin, a salesman for P Paris. W McGavin is listed at 2204 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William McGavin there as the householder.

Miss A McGavin is listed at 1915 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alma McGavin there as the householder, a stenographer for H Hacking. A McGavin is listed at 3517 West 30th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Allan McGavin there as the householder, a manager at McGavin.

A M McGavin is listed at 3691 West 39th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Allan M McGavin there as the householder, a salesman at McGavin. J McGavin is listed at 1562 West 40th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James McGavin there as the householder, a salesman at McGavin, with Donna McGavin.

The 1940 name section lists William McGavin at 2106 West Broadway, a driver at McGavin.

Today

434 East 20th, 1915 Haro and 3691 West 39th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3517 West 30th (1989) and 1562 West 40th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 195 East 17th, 137 Garden Drive, 2204 Granville and 2106 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.