A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The McNeills
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McNeill at three addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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
- 1
116 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Neil McNeil, a miner 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Walker at 112 and Canada Casket Co at 122. The block, door by door
- 2
1342 West 6th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- D M McNeill, a saw filer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Dunn at 1334 and H E Cruickshank at 1346. The block, door by door
- 3
3130 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J McNeil, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: T McGregor at 3126 and J Michas at 3136. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a miner and a saw filer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 116 West 6th Avenue, a miner. D M McNeill is listed at 1342 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David M McNeill there as the householder, a saw filer.
J McNeil is listed at 3130 West 6th Avenue 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 James McNeil there as the householder, retired.
Today
3130 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 116 West 6th (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1342 West 6th, so that building is 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.
- McNeil Neil miner116 West 6th, p. 398
- McNeill D M1342 West 6th, p. 188
- McNeill David M saw filer1342 West 6th, p. 398
- *McNeil J3130 West 6th, p. 188
- McNeil Jas retired3130 West 6th, 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.