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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McNaughts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named McNaught at four 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 McNaughts 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

    6639 Tyne Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • H McNaught, a longshoreman 1940
  2. 2

    3929 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs G McNaught, widow of A B 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Park at 3925 and D E Moody at 3935. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1968 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • B R McNaught, of Willson & McNaught 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A West at 1958 and S W Taylor at 1976. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    801 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss D McNaught, a clerk at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale and Killarney. 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 H McNaught at 6639 Tyne 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 Harold McNaught there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G McNaught at 3929 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gladys McNaught there as the householder, widow of A B.

In 1940 the directory lists B R McNaught at 1968 West 42nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists B Robert McNaught there as the householder, of Willson & McNaught. The 1940 name section lists Miss D McNaught at 801 West Georgia Street, a clerk at the Province.

Today

801 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6639 Tyne (1976), 3929 West 19th (1985) and 1968 West 42nd (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.