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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McGregors

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named McGregor at three addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, with the close spellings MacGregor and Macgregor. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    704 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Jennie C McGregor, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mal's Hosp Serv at 700 and S Yamakami at 706. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1853 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss V A McGregor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Freeman at 1847 and Mrs E Fortin at 1863. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2935 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J McGregor, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sip & Bite at 2933 and Can Window Bkries at 2937. The block, door by door

What they did

Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jennie C McGregor at 704 West Broadway, widow of A. Miss V A McGregor is listed at 1853 West Broadway in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J McGregor at 2935 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Jane McGregor there as the householder, widow of F.

Today

The City no longer lists 704 West Broadway, 1853 West Broadway and 2935 West Broadway, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the McGregors

Every directory, as one book

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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.