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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McKinnons

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at six addresses

The directories print 15 people named McKinnon at six addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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: eight McKinnons at 1571 West 11th 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

    1076 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Isobel M McKinnon, a packer at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Nixon at 1066 and W A Anderson at 1086. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1365 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss A M McKinnon 1940
    • Annie McL McKinnon, a school teacher 1940
    • Mary McKinnon, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Strath at 1357 and T Myles at 1373. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1475 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Sadie McKinnon, proprietor of Waunita Gown Shoppe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Williams at 1471. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1571 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J D McKinnon, retired 1940
    • Alan G McKinnon, a baker at Dad's Cookie Co 1940
    • Dorothy J McKinnon, a stenographer 1940
    • I Clair McKinnon 1940
    • Keith J McKinnon, a tallyman at Empire Box 1940
    • Malcolm B McKinnon, a foreman at Dad's Cookie Co 1940
    • Marjorie V McKinnon 1940
    • Ron B McKinnon, an apprentice for Laucks Laboratories 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Lowe at 1569 and Mrs M Morgan at 1575. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2936 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Angus McKinnon, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Coombes at 2926 and J M Rylander at 2946. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4057 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D MacKinnon, a pilot at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: S S Osterhout at 4049 and C D Freeman at 4063. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 15: a school teacher (2), an apprentice, a baker, a foreman, a packer and a pilot, among others. Some worked for the same employer: two for Dad's Cookie Co and two for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Isobel M McKinnon at 1076 West 11th Avenue, a packer at Macdonalds Consolidated. Miss A M McKinnon is listed at 1365 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Annie McL McKinnon there as the householder, a school teacher, with Mary McKinnon, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Sadie McKinnon at 1475 West 11th Avenue, proprietor of Waunita Gown Shoppe.

In 1940 the directory lists J D McKinnon at 1571 West 11th 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 John D McKinnon there as the householder, retired, with Alan G McKinnon, a baker at Dad's Cookie Co, Dorothy J McKinnon, a stenographer, I Clair McKinnon, Keith J McKinnon, a tallyman at Empire Box, Malcolm B McKinnon, a foreman at Dad's Cookie Co, Marjorie V McKinnon, and Ron B McKinnon, an apprentice for Laucks Laboratories. The 1940 name section lists Angus McKinnon at 2936 West 11th Avenue, retired.

D MacKinnon is listed at 4057 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don MacKinnon there as the householder, a pilot at the Canadian Government.

Today

1365 West 11th, 2936 West 11th and 4057 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1076 West 11th (1999), 1475 West 11th (1956) and 1571 West 11th (1962) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.