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A family name on East 20th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The McNeills

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named McNeill at three addresses in 1940, all on East 20th Avenue, with the close spellings McNeil, MacNeill and Macneill. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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

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

    1518 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • McNeil 1940
    • McNeil (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Proctor at 1504 and E G Barker at 1522. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1595 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R J McNeill, a driver for W H Malkin 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Proctor at 1583. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3203 East 20th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G MacNeill, a detective at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Pauline M A MacNeill 1940

    Next door in 1940: L P Landry at 3271. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a detective and a driver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 McNeil at 1518 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists McNeil (no first name printed) there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R J McNeill at 1595 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert J McNeill there as the householder, a driver for W H Malkin.

In 1940 the directory lists G MacNeill at 3203 East 20th Avenue; 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 Guy MacNeill there as the householder, a detective at the City of Vancouver, with Pauline M A MacNeill.

Today

1595 East 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 1518 East 20th (1991) and 3203 East 20th (2021) 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.