A family name on East 54th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McPherson at three addresses in 1940, all on East 54th Avenue, with the close spellings Macpherson and MacPherson. 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 88 other streets too, all listed on the McPherson name's own page.
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Where the McPhersons lived
- 1
615 East 54th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- H McPherson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Gordon at 605. The block, door by door
- 2
808 East 54th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- H L McPherson, proprietor of Hillcrest Barber Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Leigh at 822. The block, door by door
- 3
2783 East 54th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- R B McPherson 1940
- B McPherson, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: A Newett at 2777. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists H McPherson at 615 East 54th Avenue, an operator at the BC Telephone. H L McPherson is listed at 808 East 54th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Howard L McPherson there as the householder, proprietor of Hillcrest Barber Shop.
R B McPherson is listed at 2783 East 54th 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 B McPherson there as the householder, a salesman.
Today
808 East 54th (1990) and 2783 East 54th (1972) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 615 East 54th, 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.
- McPherson H opr BC Tel615 East 54th, p. 400
- McPherson H L808 East 54th, p. 267
- McPherson Howard L prop Hillcrest Barber Shop808 East 54th, p. 399
- *McPherson R B2783 East 54th, p. 268
- McPherson B slsmn2783 East 54th, p. 400
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.