A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 21st 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
975 West 21st Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- R F MacGregor, an assistant secretary at United Distillers 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Steele at 967 and R G MacKenzie at 981. The block, door by door
- 2
2989 West 21st Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- M J W MacGregor, an attendant at Medical Building Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: E B McIntosh at 2979 and J W Frizzell at 2995. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an assistant secretary and an attendant.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and South Cambie. 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 R F MacGregor at 975 West 21st 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy F MacGregor there as the householder, an assistant secretary at United Distillers. In 1940 the directory lists M J W MacGregor at 2989 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Melville J W MacGregor there as the householder, an attendant at Medical Building Garage.
Today
975 West 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2989 West 21st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacGregor R F975 West 21st, p. 233
- MacGregor Roy F asst sec United Distillers975 West 21st, p. 378
- *MacGregor M J W2989 West 21st, p. 233
- MacGregor Melville J W atdt Medical Bldg Gar2989 West 21st, 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.