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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGuigans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named McGuigan at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three McGuigans at 4473 West 7th in 1940.

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Where the McGuigans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4332 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D McGuigan, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Campbell at 4360. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4720 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R McGuigan 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Pollock at 4704 and R Pearce at 4722. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    932 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Margaret A McGuigan, a housekeeper for J Sully 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Allan at 924 and R A Robinson at 956. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4473 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W J McGuigan, a market manager at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Robert G McGuigan 1940
    • William C McGuigan, a salesman at Milne & Middleton 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Gilbert at 4465 and R S Goodwin at 4485. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a driver, a housekeeper, a market manager and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), South Cambie and West Point Grey. 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 McGuigan at 4332 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David McGuigan there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage, with D William McGuigan. In 1940 the directory lists R McGuigan at 4720 Quebec Street; 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 Robert McGuigan there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret A McGuigan at 932 West 19th Avenue, a housekeeper for J Sully. W J McGuigan is listed at 4473 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J McGuigan there as the householder, a market manager at the City of Vancouver, with Robert G McGuigan, and William C McGuigan, a salesman at Milne & Middleton.

Today

4720 Quebec and 4473 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4332 Quebec (1979) and 932 West 19th (1992) have newer buildings, 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.