A family name on East 58th Avenue, Sunset
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named McPherson at one address, 2656 East 58th Avenue in Sunset, in 1940, with the close spellings Macpherson and MacPherson. The directories print the name on 88 other streets too, all listed on the McPherson name's own page.
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The McPhersons at home
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2656 East 58th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J Macpherson, a warehouseman 1940
- Frederick Macpherson, a winder at British Ropes 1940
- Gladys M Macpherson, a waitress at Ye Lions Gate Arms 1940
Next door in 1940: F O Priest at 2648 and R S Bradley at 2662. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a waitress, a warehouseman and a winder.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Sunset. 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 Macpherson at 2656 East 58th 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 James Macpherson there as the householder, a warehouseman, with Frederick Macpherson, a winder at British Ropes, and Gladys M Macpherson, a waitress at Ye Lions Gate Arms.
Today
The City no longer lists 2656 East 58th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Macpherson J2656 East 58th, p. 269
- Macpherson Fredk winder British Ropes2656 East 58th, p. 399
- Macpherson Gladys M waitress Ye Lions Gate Arms2656 East 58th, p. 399
- Macpherson Jas whsmn Mc Mc & Prior2656 East 58th, p. 399
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.