A family name on West 28th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McPherson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 28th Avenue, 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 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
1525 West 28th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- H N Macpherson, a civil engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E L Paterson at 1541. The block, door by door
- 2
2984 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Elizabeth J MacPherson, widow of F 1940
Next door in 1940: T Mullard at 2980 and E A Peck at 2996. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a civil engineer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 H N Macpherson at 1525 West 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists H Nolan Macpherson there as the householder, a civil engineer. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth J MacPherson at 2984 West 28th Avenue, widow of F.
Today
1525 West 28th (2009) and 2984 West 28th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Macpherson H N1525 West 28th, p. 244
- Macpherson H Nolan civ eng 124, 744 W Hastings1525 West 28th, p. 399
- MacPherson Eliz J wid F2984 West 28th, 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.