A family name on Dumfries Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The McNeills
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named McNeill at two addresses in 1940, all on Dumfries Street, with the close spellings McNeil, MacNeill and Macneill. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four McNeills at 3290 Dumfries in 1940. The directories print the name on 70 other streets too, all listed on the McNeill name's own page.
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Where the McNeills lived
- 1
3290 Dumfries Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J M McNeill, of Wilson & McNeill 1940
- E Muriel McNeill, a saleswoman at London Grocery 1940
- Hugh C McNeill, a painter 1940
- John A McNeill, a postman 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss G E Cartwright at 3274 and Mrs H S King at 3292. The block, door by door
- 2
4330 Dumfries Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Louisa M McNeill, widow of L 1940
Next door in 1940: G Tyson at 4308 and J E Parkin at 4354. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a painter, a postman and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 M McNeill at 3290 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John M McNeill there as the householder, of Wilson & McNeill, with E Muriel McNeill, a saleswoman at London Grocery, Hugh C McNeill, a painter, and John A McNeill, a postman. The 1940 name section lists Louisa M McNeill at 4330 Dumfries Street, widow of L.
Today
3290 Dumfries and 4330 Dumfries still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McNeill J M3290 Dumfries, p. 44
- McNeill E Muriel slswm London Gro3290 Dumfries, p. 398
- McNeill Hugh C pntr3290 Dumfries, p. 398
- McNeill John A postmn3290 Dumfries, p. 398
- McNeill John M of Wilson & McNeill3290 Dumfries, p. 398
- McNeill Louisa M wid L4330 Dumfries, p. 398
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McNeills
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McNeill 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.