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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McNameses

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

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

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Where the McNameses 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

    6865 Adera Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • O E S McNames, an exciseman at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Hunter at 6849 and L H M Breadon at 6891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3625 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T G McNames, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Bowman at 3617 and M G Waddell at 3641. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: an exciseman and a railway mail clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale 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

In 1940 the directory lists O E S McNames at 6865 Adera 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 O Eldon S McNames there as the householder, an exciseman at the Customs. In 1940 the directory lists T G McNames at 3625 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thurman G McNames there as the householder, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government.

Today

6865 Adera (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3625 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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.