A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McNallys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McNally at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 McNallys lived
- 1
204 Carrall Street
Downtown, 1940
- Jack McNally, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Richmond at 202 and Premier Cafe at 206. The block, door by door
- 2
205 Main Street
Downtown, 1940
- John McNaully, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Melbourne Hotel at 201 and J Fuoco at 215. The block, door by door
- 3
3576 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R C H McNally, a driver at McGavin 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Donnelly at 3570. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a driver.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Jack McNally at 204 Carrall Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists John McNaully at 205 Main Street, retired. In 1940 the directory lists R C H McNally at 3576 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ron C H McNally there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.
Today
204 Carrall, 205 Main and 3576 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McNally Jack retired204 Carrall, p. 397
- McNaully John retired205 Main, p. 397
- McNally R C H3576 West 19th, p. 229
- McNally Ron C H drvr McGavin3576 West 19th, p. 397
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McNallys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McNally name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.