A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McGruers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McGruer at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 McGruers at 1255 East 24th in 1940.
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Where the McGruers lived
- 1
1255 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A McGruer, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940
- Margaret C McGruer, a stenographer at BC Teachers Fed 1940
- Mary McGruer, a clerk at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: C J R Boulton at 1249 and J W Bell at 1265. The block, door by door
- 2
746 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Angus McGruer, a warehouseman at the Liquor Control Board 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Hood at 742 and Ryan Bros Ltd at 748. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk, a driver, a stenographer and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A McGruer at 1255 East 24th 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 Angus McGruer there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage, with Margaret C McGruer, a stenographer at BC Teachers Fed, and Mary McGruer, a clerk at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Angus McGruer at 746 Richards Street, a warehouseman at the Liquor Control Board.
Today
1255 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 746 Richards, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McGruer A1255 East 24th, p. 238
- McGruer Angus drvr Term Ctge1255 East 24th, p. 378
- McGruer Margt C sten BC Tchrs Fed1255 East 24th, p. 378
- McGruer Mary clk Woodwards1255 East 24th, p. 378
- McGruer Angus whsmn Liq Cont Bd746 Richards, p. 378
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McGruers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McGruer 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.