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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McNies

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named McNie at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 McNies 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

    3189 East 47th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • N M McNie, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Kristolowicz at 3185 and C B Whiteman at 3195. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1046 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alex McNie, a waiter 1940
    • Mollie McNie, a waitress at the Talk of the Town Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Piano House Lewis at 1044 and Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1168 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • John McNie 1940

    Next door in 1940: F O Gunton at 1160 and C W H Ashdown at 1184. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an on active service, a waiter and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Killarney and West End. 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 N M McNie at 3189 East 47th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman M McNie there as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Alex McNie at 1046 Granville Street, a waiter, with Mollie McNie, a waitress at the Talk of the Town Cafe. The 1940 name section lists John McNie at 1168 Nelson Street.

Today

3189 East 47th and 1046 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1168 Nelson, 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.
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.