A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The McKinnons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named McKinnon at one address, 1131 Barclay Street in West End, in 1940, with the close spellings MacKinnon and Mackinnon. The directories print the name on 88 other streets too, all listed on the McKinnon name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The McKinnons at home
- 1
1131 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Kay McKinnon, a checker for Alexandra Ballroom 1940
- M William McKinnon 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Simmonds at 1129 and garth (the) at 1133. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a checker.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West End. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Kay McKinnon at 1131 Barclay Street, a checker for Alexandra Ballroom, with M William McKinnon.
Today
1131 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, dated 1941 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKinnon Mrs Kay chkr Alexandra Ballroom1131 Barclay, p. 387
- McKinnon M Wm1131 Barclay, p. 387
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McKinnons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McKinnon 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.