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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McKinnons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named McKinnon at three addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, with the close spellings MacKinnon and Mackinnon. 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 McKinnons at 455 West 10th in 1940. 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

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

    455 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs C MacKinnon, widow of H 1940
    • Don M MacKinnon, a seaman 1940
    • Ken B MacKinnon, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Anderson at 451 and Mrs J Wightman at 467. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1705 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E L Mackinnon, widow of H V 1940
    • Shirley H Mackinnon 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Dalley at 1725. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3974 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs M C McKinnon 1940
    • Joseph H McKinnon, an usher 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Bergstrom at 3962 and A J Bellerby at 3980. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a school teacher, a seaman and an usher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 MacKinnon at 455 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath MacKinnon there as the householder, widow of H, with Don M MacKinnon, a seaman, and Ken B MacKinnon, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E L Mackinnon at 1705 West 10th 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 lists Edith L Mackinnon there as the householder, widow of H V, with Shirley H Mackinnon.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M C McKinnon at 3974 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary C McKinnon there as the householder, with Joseph H McKinnon, an usher.

Today

455 West 10th (1985), 1705 West 10th (1980) and 3974 West 10th (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.