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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGirrs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named McGirr at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the McGirrs 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

    3415 Sophia Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W J McGirr, a tailor 1940
  2. 2

    3852 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T S McGirr, a superintendent at the Sun 1940
    • Hope D McGirr, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A J Shaw at 3842 and W H Dumble at 3858. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an employee, a superintendent and a tailor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands 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

In 1940 the directory lists W J McGirr at 3415 Sophia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J McGirr there as the householder, a tailor. In 1940 the directory lists T S McGirr at 3852 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Tom S McGirr there as the householder, a superintendent at the Sun, with Hope D McGirr, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

3852 West 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3415 Sophia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.