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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McManns

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named McMann at six addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the McManns lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    731 Cassiar Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs J McMann, widow of J 1940
    • Dorothy McMann, a factory worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Young at 723 and A M Oster at 743. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    741 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs B McMann 1940
    • Gladys E McMann, a clerk at Western Wholesale Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Griffiths at 739 and J Brndiar at 747. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1138 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • McMann (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G Morton at 1132 and T W Pluto at 1144. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4797 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Ivan McMann, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev T F W de Pencier at 4779. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    335 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Eleanor McMann, widow of M D 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A E Morrison at 325 and A E Wood at 345. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    776 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Matilda McMann 1940

    Next door in 1940: O W Brown at 766. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a carpenter, a clerk and a factory worker. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J McMann at 731 Cassiar Street; 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 Jane McMann there as the householder, widow of J, with Dorothy McMann, a factory worker. The 1940 name section lists Mrs B McMann at 741 Homer Street, with Gladys E McMann, a clerk at Western Wholesale Drug. The 1940 name section lists McMann (no first name printed) at 1138 Nelson Street.

The 1940 name section lists Ivan McMann at 4797 Quebec Street, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor McMann at 335 West 14th Avenue, widow of M D. The 1940 name section lists Matilda McMann at 776 West 14th Avenue.

Today

4797 Quebec and 335 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 741 Homer, 1138 Nelson and 776 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 731 Cassiar, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

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.