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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGhies

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named McGhie at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 McGhies 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

    277 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Sarah McGhie, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Rolston at 271 and N Cartmell at 285. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6430 Elm Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A W McGhie, a manager at Turnbull Elevator 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Parry at 6410 and R J Lecky at 6450. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2632 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ella M McGhie, a housekeeper for J I Musgrave 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Sluman at 2626 and G C Davidson at 2636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1845 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J R McGhie, proprietor of Maple Leaf 1940

    Next door in 1940: T M Rae at 1835 and G W Fraser at 1855. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1130 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M McGhie, a janitor at the Dominion Bank Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Behie at 1100 and A Protheroe at 1132. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a housekeeper, a janitor, a manager and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Fairview, Kerrisdale and Riley Park. 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 Sarah McGhie at 277 East 24th Avenue, a widow. A W McGhie is listed at 6430 Elm Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex W McGhie there as the householder, a manager at Turnbull Elevator. The 1940 name section lists Ella M McGhie at 2632 West 13th Avenue, a housekeeper for J I Musgrave.

In 1940 the directory lists J R McGhie at 1845 West 15th 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 lists James R McGhie there as the householder, proprietor of Maple Leaf. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McGhie at 1130 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary McGhie there as the householder, a janitor at the Dominion Bank Building.

Today

277 East 24th, 2632 West 13th and 1845 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 6430 Elm and 1130 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Men inspecting a new sewer trench along Wilson Road (41st Avenue), looking east from Elm Street
1911 or 1912 Men inspecting a new sewer trench along Wilson Road (41st Avenue), looking east from Elm Street. Not at the house at 6430 Elm: no archive photo of the 6400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-1033. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 McGhies

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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.