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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McOuats

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named McOuat at five 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 McOuats 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

    2476 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W S McOuat, a president at Bearing Supplies House 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Matheson at 2466 and Mrs F D Walker at 2486. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2486 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • James D McOuat, an apprentice at Bearing Supplies House 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S McOuat at 2476 and J E Masson at 2496. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3669 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W J McOuat, a salesman for Central Creameries 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Henderson at 3649 and K J D'A Goldrick at 3695. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2942 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mary McOuat, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Binnington at 2936 and R C Duns at 2948. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1852 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J C McOuat, a driver at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Reeve at 1850 and Mrs J R Walker at 1854. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an apprentice, a driver, a nurse, a president and a salesman. Two of them worked for Bearing Supplies House.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), 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 W S McOuat at 2476 West 12th Avenue; 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 Walter S McOuat there as the householder, a president at Bearing Supplies House. The 1940 name section lists James D McOuat at 2486 West 12th Avenue, an apprentice at Bearing Supplies House.

W J McOuat is listed at 3669 West 34th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter J McOuat there as the householder, a salesman for Central Creameries. The 1940 name section lists Mary McOuat at 2942 West 41st Avenue, a nurse.

In 1940 the directory lists J C McOuat at 1852 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John C McOuat there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.

Today

2486 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 2476 West 12th (1975), 3669 West 34th (2006) and 2942 West 41st (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1852 West 5th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.