A family name on East 12th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The McGregors
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McGregor at two addresses in 1940, all on East 12th Avenue, with the close spellings MacGregor and Macgregor. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 82 other streets too, all listed on the McGregor name's own page.
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Where the McGregors lived
- 1
666 East 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J A McGregor, a wrecker at Kway Auto Wrecking 1940
Next door in 1940: W Neill at 654. The block, door by door
- 2
1118 East 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Margaret McGregor, a saleswoman at A & N Department Store 1940
Next door in 1940: T Gaston at 1122. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a saleswoman and a wrecker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 J A McGregor at 666 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James A McGregor there as the householder, a wrecker at Kway Auto Wrecking. The 1940 name section lists Margaret McGregor at 1118 East 12th Avenue, a saleswoman at A & N Department Store.
Today
666 East 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1118 East 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McGregor J A666 East 12th, p. 206
- McGregor Jas A wrecker Kway Auto Wrecking666 East 12th, p. 378
- McGregor Margt slswm A & N Dept Store1118 East 12th, p. 378
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McGregors
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McGregor name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.