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A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The McIntoshes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named McIntosh at three addresses in 1940, all on West 21st Avenue, with the close spellings MacIntosh and Macintosh. 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 McIntoshes at 2150 West 21st in 1940. 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

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

    693 West 21st Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs C S McIntosh, widow of R 1940
    • Wilma McIntosh, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Ryan at 685. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2150 West 21st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A W McIntosh, a purchasing agent at Eastman Materials 1940
    • John B McIntosh, a salesman 1940
    • Louise McIntosh, a physician instructor 1940

    Next door in 1940: H O Morfey at 2138 and W C Halliday at 2160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2979 West 21st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E B McIntosh, an agent for London Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J W MacGregor at 2989. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an agent, a clerk, a physician instructor, a purchasing agent and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2) 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 Mrs C S McIntosh at 693 West 21st 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 Christian S McIntosh there as the householder, widow of R, with Wilma McIntosh, a clerk at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists A W McIntosh at 2150 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex W McIntosh there as the householder, a purchasing agent at Eastman Materials, with John B McIntosh, a salesman, and Louise McIntosh, a physician instructor.

In 1940 the directory lists E B McIntosh at 2979 West 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Earl B McIntosh there as the householder, an agent for London Life.

Today

693 West 21st and 2150 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946; 2979 West 21st (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.