A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The McNeills
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McNeill at two addresses in 1940, all on East Pender 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: three McNeills at 2775 East Pender 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
853 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Neil McNeil 1940
Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door
- 2
2775 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs K McNeil, widow of D 1940
- Angus McNeil 1940
- John McNeil, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940
Next door in 1940: O Ketola at 2767 and Mrs M Nash at 2781. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Strathcona. 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 Neil McNeil at 853 East Pender Street. Mrs K McNeil is listed at 2775 East Pender Street in 1940; 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 Kate McNeil there as the householder, widow of D, with Angus McNeil, and John McNeil, a laborer at BC Sugar.
Today
2775 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 853 East Pender (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McNeil Neil853 East Pender, p. 398
- *McNeil Mrs K2775 East Pender, p. 128
- McNeil Angus2775 East Pender, p. 397
- McNeil John lab BC Sugar2775 East Pender, p. 397
- McNeil Kate wid D2775 East Pender, p. 397
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.