A family name on West 35th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McGregors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McGregor at two addresses in 1940, all on West 35th 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 most under one roof: three McGregors at 3866 West 35th 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
2986 West 35th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H S MacGregor, a dairyman at Guernsey Breeders Dairy 1940
Next door in 1940: R T Chave at 2976 and J G Wylie at 2996. The block, door by door
- 2
3866 West 35th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J MacGregor, a carpenter 1940
- Duncan J MacGregor 1940
- Margaret J MacGregor, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Porter at 3846 and B Wilson at 3876. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a dairyman and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 H S MacGregor at 2986 West 35th 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 Harry S MacGregor there as the householder, a dairyman at Guernsey Breeders Dairy. In 1940 the directory lists J MacGregor at 3866 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John MacGregor there as the householder, a carpenter, with Duncan J MacGregor, and Margaret J MacGregor, a saleswoman.
Today
2986 West 35th (1989) and 3866 West 35th (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacGregor H S2986 West 35th, p. 251
- MacGregor Harry S dairymn Guernsey Breeders Dairy2986 West 35th, p. 378
- *MacGregor J3866 West 35th, p. 251
- MacGregor Duncan J3866 West 35th, p. 378
- MacGregor John carp3866 West 35th, p. 378
- MacGregor Margt J slswm3866 West 35th, 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.