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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The McGregors

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses

The directories print seven people named McGregor at two addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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: five McGregors at 3126 West 6th 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

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

    1632 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D G McGregor, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940
    • Peter W McGregor, a driver at R McGregor Trucking 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sixth Av Tab at 1602 and G Lloyd at 1638. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3126 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T McGregor, an engineer 1940
    • K Margaret McGregor, a factory worker at Nalley's 1940
    • Matilda E McGregor, a stenographer 1940
    • Nesbitt A McGregor, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
    • William B McGregor, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McNeil at 3130. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: a driver (2), a clerk, an engineer, a factory worker, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 D G McGregor at 1632 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don G McGregor there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage, with D George McGregor, and Peter W McGregor, a driver at R McGregor Trucking. In 1940 the directory lists T McGregor at 3126 West 6th 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 lists Thomas McGregor there as the householder, an engineer, with K Margaret McGregor, a factory worker at Nalley's, Matilda E McGregor, a stenographer, Nesbitt A McGregor, a salesman at Woodward's, and William B McGregor, a clerk.

Today

3126 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 1632 West 6th (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.