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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McMullins

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named McMullin at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 McMullins 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

    382 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J McMullin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Sikora at 378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2188 Mannering Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H M McMullin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Leders at 2182. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2719 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A McMullin, a salesman at Cowan-Dodson 1940
  4. 4

    2850 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H W McMullin, a building contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Welsh at 2842 and R S McIntyre at 2858. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1255 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • H J McMullin, an accountant at Brandram-Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C B Sigsworth at 1275. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an accountant, a building contractor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Arbutus Ridge, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Marpole. 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 J McMullin at 382 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James McMullin there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists H M McMullin at 2188 Mannering Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hiram M McMullin there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists A McMullin at 2719 Ontario Street, a salesman at Cowan-Dodson. H W McMullin, a building contractor, is listed at 2850 West 34th 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 Harley W McMullin there, a building contractor.

H J McMullin is listed at 1255 West 64th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold J McMullin there as the householder, an accountant at Brandram-Henderson.

Today

2719 Ontario and 2850 West 34th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2188 Mannering (1979) and 1255 West 64th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 382 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.