A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McPherson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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
2668 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J G McPherson, in meats 1940
Next door in 1940: G C Davidson at 2636 and Dr A B Greenberg at 2676. The block, door by door
- 2
3591 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- D McPherson, a chief clerk at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Davis at 3581. The block, door by door
- 3
4138 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- McPherson, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: C J Heaney at 4130 and J W McPhee at 4144. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a chief clerk, a meats and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 G McPherson at 2668 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph G McPherson there as the householder, in meats. In 1940 the directory lists D McPherson at 3591 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Duncan McPherson there as the householder, a chief clerk at the CNR.
The 1940 name section lists McPherson at 4138 West 13th Avenue, a school teacher.
Today
2668 West 13th, 3591 West 13th and 4138 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McPherson J G2668 West 13th, p. 212
- McPherson Jos G meats 3305 W 42668 West 13th, p. 399
- McPherson D3591 West 13th, p. 213
- McPherson Duncan chf clk CNR3591 West 13th, p. 399
- McPherson sch tchr4138 West 13th, p. 400
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.