A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown
The McKinnons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McKinnon at two addresses in 1940, all on Davie Street, with the close spellings MacKinnon and Mackinnon. 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 88 other streets too, all listed on the McKinnon name's own page.
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Where the McKinnons lived
- 1
1114 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- N N MacKinnon, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: J R MacDonald at 1110 and W H Branstrom at 1122. The block, door by door
- 2
1785 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Theresa McKinnon, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 1783 and Van Drug Co Ltd at 1787. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a logger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 N N MacKinnon at 1114 Davie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman N MacKinnon there as the householder, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Theresa McKinnon at 1785 Davie Street, a widow.
Today
The City no longer lists 1114 Davie and 1785 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- MacKinnon N N1114 Davie, p. 41
- MacKinnon Norman N logr1114 Davie, p. 388
- McKinnon Theresa wid — nurse1785 Davie, p. 388
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McKinnons
Every directory, as one book
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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.