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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGechies

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named McGechie at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 McGechies 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

    1450 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Emma J McGeachie, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Mantey at 1440 and E G Carlson at 1460. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary McGeachie, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2244 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T McGechie, an apprentice at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Tuck at 2236. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1010 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs S McGechie, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: Glen Hosp at 1036. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an apprentice and a nurse. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Emma J McGeachie at 1450 Barclay Street, widow of R. The 1940 name section lists Mary McGeachie at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists T McGechie at 2244 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas McGechie there as the householder, an apprentice at News-Herald.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S McGechie at 1010 Salsbury Drive. The 1940 name section lists Sarah McGechie there as the householder, widow of T.

Today

2244 East 11th and 1010 Salsbury Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1450 Barclay and 1056 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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

The book of the McGechies

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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.