A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
The McGregors
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named McGregor at two addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell Street, 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 most under one roof: three McGregors at 1988 Pendrell in 1940. 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
1724 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Miss K McGregor, rooms to let 1940
- Norman McGregor, a helper at Sylvia Court 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Drummond at 1716 and W Freeman at 1728. The block, door by door
- 2
1988 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- J W McGregor, retired 1940
- Christina McGregor, a telephone operator at Clarke & Stuart 1940
- Isabel McGregor, a saleswoman 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a helper, a saleswoman and a telephone operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Miss K McGregor, rooms to let, at 1724 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman McGregor there, a helper at Sylvia Court. In 1940 the directory lists J W McGregor at 1988 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists John W McGregor there as the householder, retired, with Christina McGregor, a telephone operator at Clarke & Stuart, and Isabel McGregor, a saleswoman.
Today
The City no longer lists 1724 Pendrell and 1988 Pendrell, 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.
- McGregor Miss K rooms1724 Pendrell, p. 132
- McGregor Norman hlpr Sylvia Ct1724 Pendrell, p. 378
- McGregor J W1988 Pendrell, p. 132
- McGregor Christina tel opr Clarke & Stuart1988 Pendrell, p. 377
- McGregor Isabel slswm1988 Pendrell, p. 378
- McGregor John W retired1988 Pendrell, 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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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.