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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McPhersons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at three addresses

The directories print nine people named McPherson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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 most under one roof: four McPhersons at 335 West 12th 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

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

    335 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs J E Macpherson, widow of R 1940
    • Anne M Macpherson, a school teacher 1940
    • McPherson, a school teacher 1940
    • S McPherson, an inspector at Retail Credit 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Devitt at 325 and E F Church at 345. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4108 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W L MacPherson 1940
    • L McPherson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Hill at 4104 and Mrs L A Lozier at 4114. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4494 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D Macpherson, a secretary at the Sheet Metal Workers Union 1940
    • Anne B Macpherson, a comptroller operator 1940
    • Jeanie M Macpherson, a comptroller operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Frith at 4490. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a comptroller operator (2), a school teacher (2), an inspector and a secretary. Two of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 J E Macpherson at 335 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 Jane E Macpherson there as the householder, widow of R, with Anne M Macpherson, a school teacher, McPherson, a school teacher, and S McPherson, an inspector at Retail Credit. In 1940 the directory lists W L MacPherson at 4108 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists L McPherson there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists D Macpherson at 4494 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Macpherson there as the householder, a secretary at the Sheet Metal Workers Union, with Anne B Macpherson, a comptroller operator, and Jeanie M Macpherson, a comptroller operator.

Today

335 West 12th and 4494 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 335 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4108 West 12th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.