A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McPherson at two addresses in 1940, all on Hornby Street, with the close spellings Macpherson and MacPherson. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three McPhersons at 1142 Hornby in 1940. 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
1142 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M J Macpherson 1940
- J McPherson, widow of W 1940
- Christina M Macpherson, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: G K Aubrey at 1138 and Mrs E Burdett at 1148. The block, door by door
- 2
1235 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Janet Macpherson, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: Skinner-Atkins at 1233 and W R Hay at 1243. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a clerk. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Mrs M J Macpherson at 1142 Hornby Street; 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 J McPherson there as the householder, widow of W, with Christina M Macpherson, a clerk at the BC Government. The 1940 name section lists Janet Macpherson at 1235 Hornby Street, widow of J.
Today
The City no longer lists 1142 Hornby and 1235 Hornby, so those buildings are 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 Mrs M J1142 Hornby, p. 86
- Macpherson Christina M clk BC Govt1142 Hornby, p. 399
- McPherson J wid W1142 Hornby, p. 400
- Macpherson Janet wid J1235 Hornby, 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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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.