A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset
The McNeills
In the city directories 1915–1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McNeill at three addresses between 1915 and 1940, all on Quebec Street, 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
- 1
- 2
3022 Quebec Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- T N McNeil, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Smith at 3004. The block, door by door
- 3
3212 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- K MacNeill, a carrier driver at BC Fir 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I G Sleeth at 3214. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carrier driver and a driver.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Riley Park. 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 1915 the directory lists James McNeill at 2649 Quebec Street. T N McNeil is listed at 3022 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas N McNeil there as the householder, a driver.
K MacNeill is listed at 3212 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ken MacNeill there as the householder, a carrier driver at BC Fir.
Today
2649 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 3022 Quebec and 3212 Quebec, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McNeill James2649 Quebec, p. 139
Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, street section
- McNeil T N3022 Quebec, p. 138
- McNeil Thos N drvr3022 Quebec, p. 398
- MacNeill K3212 Quebec, p. 138
- MacNeill Ken carrier drvr BC Fir3212 Quebec, 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.