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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McManuses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named McManus at seven 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 McManuses 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

    1115 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Cath McManus 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Livingstone at 1111 and A D McLean at 1121. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3220 East 47th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • W McManus, a chemist 1940
    • Dianne McManus, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A McGougan at 3204 and J Simpkin at 3232. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1161 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ross C McManus, a police officer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: L T Solloway at 1157 and P D Dods at 1165. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    712 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Philip McManus 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fukuhara at 714. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4634 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W F McManus, a fireman at the University Area Fire Department 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Lacey at 4620 and A G Farquharson at 4638. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1550 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H McManus, a salesman at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: exeter apts at 1540 and mount royal apts at 1590. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3224 Yukon Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C L McManus, an engineer at the Grosvenor Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: K C R Hay at 3218 and M Whitley at 3228. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a chemist, a clerk, an engineer, a fireman, a police officer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Fairview, Killarney, Riley Park 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 Cath McManus at 1115 Barclay Street. W McManus is listed at 3220 East 47th Avenue in 1940; 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 William McManus there as the householder, a chemist, with Dianne McManus, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Ross C McManus at 1161 Harwood Street, a police officer at the CPR.

The 1940 name section lists Philip McManus at 712 Richards Street. W F McManus is listed at 4634 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter F McManus there as the householder, a fireman at the University Area Fire Department.

H McManus is listed at 1550 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert McManus there as the householder, a salesman at M-W Ltd. C L McManus is listed at 3224 Yukon Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles L McManus there as the householder, an engineer at the Grosvenor Hotel.

Today

4634 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 3220 East 47th (2014), 1550 West 15th (1993) and 3224 Yukon (1999) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1115 Barclay and 1161 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 712 Richards, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.