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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McIlveens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named McIlveen at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the McIlveens 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

    433 East 29th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M M McIlveen, widow of A N 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Furniss at 425 and R McGowan at 439. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2735 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S P McIlveen 1940
    • Robert K McIlveen 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Chapin at 2731 and Mrs A J Walmsley at 2741. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3349 West 42nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Jean McIlveene, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: F F Taaffe at 3329. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1064 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alex N McIlveen, a helper at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Ito at 1060 and R W Cloke at 1074. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a helper. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Mrs M M McIlveen at 433 East 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Margaret M McIlveen there as the householder, widow of A N. In 1940 the directory lists S P McIlveen at 2735 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Sam P McIlveen there as the householder, with Robert K McIlveen.

The 1940 name section lists Jean McIlveene at 3349 West 42nd Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Alex N McIlveen at 1064 West 8th Avenue, a helper at the Vivian Engineering Works.

Today

2735 West 11th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 433 East 29th, 3349 West 42nd and 1064 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.