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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGaws

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named McGaw at eight 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.

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Where the McGaws 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

    4973 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Grace A McGaw, an associate editor for About Town 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Yuill at 4963. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    843 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • A S McGaw, a master mariner at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Bates at 893. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    456 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Allan R McGaw, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Nelson at 454 and A Lantz at 458. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3293 Findlay Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W G McGaw, a chauffeur for J B Washington 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C P Scott at 3291. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    848 Pacific Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T McGaw, a plater at B C Marine 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Cartwright at 846 and W R Irwin at 850. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5815 Vine Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs J B McGaw, widow of W E 1940
    • Don E McGaw, a cost accountant at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: R N Higinbotham at 5809 and W J F Low at 5827. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1587 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William E McGaw, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M J Graham at 1575 and Mrs L MacKay at 1595. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1996 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W A R McGaw, a director at Federation Investment Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G C Stuart at 1994. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: an associate editor, a chauffeur, a cost accountant, a director, a driver and a master mariner, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Downtown, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Shaughnessy, Strathcona 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 Grace A McGaw at 4973 Angus Drive, an associate editor for About Town. A S McGaw is listed at 843 Cardero Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex S McGaw there as the householder, a master mariner at Imperial Oil. The 1940 name section lists Allan R McGaw at 456 East Hastings Street, a driver at Terminal Cartage.

In 1940 the directory lists W G McGaw at 3293 Findlay Street. The 1940 name section lists William G McGaw there as the householder, a chauffeur for J B Washington. In 1940 the directory lists T McGaw at 848 Pacific Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas McGaw there as the householder, a plater at B C Marine.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J B McGaw at 5815 Vine Street. The 1940 name section lists Jean B McGaw there as the householder, widow of W E, with Don E McGaw, a cost accountant at the Jantzen Knit Mills. The 1940 name section lists William E McGaw at 1587 West 12th Avenue, a salesman.

W A R McGaw is listed at 1996 West 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists W Alex R McGaw there as the householder, a director at Federation Investment Co.

Today

4973 Angus Drive, 843 Cardero, 456 East Hastings and 1996 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3293 Findlay, 848 Pacific, 5815 Vine and 1587 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.