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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McNeishes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named McNeish at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling McNish. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the McNeishes 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

    6555 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J G McNish, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Allen at 6543 and Mrs L I Stewart at 6567. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2072 East 34th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C L McNish, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: K McLeod at 2060 and F C Elliott at 2084. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4040 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • P McNeish, retired 1940
    • Walter S McNeish, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: T P O'Brien at 4038 and J E Poole at 4070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3224 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R McNeish, a tailor for A Errico 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Croome at 3218 and H L Wheeler at 3232. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a conductor, a miner, a school teacher and a tailor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale. 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 G McNish at 6555 Angus Drive; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists J Garnet McNish there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists C L McNish at 2072 East 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence L McNish there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists P McNeish at 4040 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Peter McNeish there as the householder, retired, with Walter S McNeish, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists R McNeish at 3224 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert McNeish there as the householder, a tailor for A Errico.

Today

4040 Victoria Drive and 3224 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6555 Angus Drive (1987) and 2072 East 34th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the McNeishes

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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.