A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · 120 addresses on 89 streets
The directories print the McPherson name at 120 addresses on 89 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Macpherson and MacPherson. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the McPhersons lived
- Downtown13 addresses
- Kitsilano13 addresses
- West End13 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage10 addresses
- Mount Pleasant9 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands7 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland7 addresses
- Fairview6 addresses
- Kerrisdale6 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
- Sunset5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Killarney4 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Davie StreetThree addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: Mrs H F McPherson, Archibald J McPherson and George A MacPherson1940
- 2East 54th AvenueThree addresses in Sunset and Killarney; four people: H L McPherson, B McPherson, H McPherson and one more1940
- 3East Pender StreetThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland; five people: A W McPherson, G McPherson, Alex McPherson and two more1940
- 4Haro StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Ian Macpherson, Ida M McPherson and y A McPherson1940
- 5Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Gene K MacPherson, McPherson and McPherson (no first name printed)1940
- 6West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey; nine people: D Macpherson, Mrs J E Macpherson, Anne B Macpherson and six more1940
- 7West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: D McPherson, J G McPherson and McPherson1940
- 8West 4th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; five people: J B McPherson, C McPherson, Evelyn C Macpherson and two more1940
- 9Dumfries StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; four people: D I MacPherson, Jessie F Macpherson, McPherson and one more1940
- 10East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: J R McPherson, Mrs B M McPherson and Harold McPherson1940
- 11East 20th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; three people: Joan McPherson, McPherson and Mrs S McPherson1940
- 12East 26th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; four people: J A Macpherson, J A Macpherson, Alex M Macpherson and one more1940
77 more streets, by name: Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beatty Street (1), Brock Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (1), Charles Street (1), Chester Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (2), East 47th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elm Street (1), Eton Street (1), Fir Street (1), Granville Street (1), Hamilton Street (2), Hornby Street (2), Howe Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Main Street (1), Maxwell Street (1), Moss Street (1), Ontario Street (2), Pacific Street (1), Price Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Thurlow Street (1), Tolmie Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Turner Street (1), Union Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Water Street (1), Waverley Avenue (2), Wenonah Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (2), West 28th Avenue (2), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 34th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (2), West 49th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1), Yew Street (1), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 120 addresses, 48 still have their buildings from before 1946, 31 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 41; each street's page names them.
The book of the McPhersons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McPherson 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.