A family name on West 20th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McIntoshes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McIntosh at two addresses in 1940, all on West 20th Avenue, with the close spellings MacIntosh and Macintosh. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 83 other streets too, all listed on the McIntosh name's own page.
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Where the McIntoshes lived
- 1
563 West 20th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- R H McIntosh, an assayer for G S Eldridge 1940
Next door in 1940: A H Cassidy at 561 and J Wallace at 567. The block, door by door
- 2
3829 West 20th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss H M McIntosh 1940
- Helen M McIntosh, a telephone operator 1940
Next door in 1940: W Drury at 3819 and H G Slough at 3835. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an assayer and a telephone operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 R H McIntosh at 563 West 20th 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 R Harold McIntosh there as the householder, an assayer for G S Eldridge. In 1940 the directory lists Miss H M McIntosh at 3829 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Helen M McIntosh there as the householder, a telephone operator.
Today
563 West 20th (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3829 West 20th, so that building is 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.
- *McIntosh R H563 West 20th, p. 231
- McIntosh R Harold assayer G S Eldridge563 West 20th, p. 380
- *McIntosh Miss H M3829 West 20th, p. 231
- McIntosh Helen M tel opr CP Com3829 West 20th, p. 380
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McIntoshes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McIntosh 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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Another name, or a house
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.