A family name on West 45th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Oakridge
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 45th 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
1921 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J N McPherson, a traveller freight agent at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Caine at 1913 and A G Whitaker at 1929. The block, door by door
- 2
2017 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- G K Macpherson, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: C C Ogsett at 2005 and G F Bonnycastle at 2031. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a manufacturers agent and a traveller freight agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 J N McPherson at 1921 West 45th 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 N McPherson there as the householder, a traveller freight agent at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists G K Macpherson at 2017 West 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists G Ken Macpherson there as the householder, a manufacturers agent.
Today
2017 West 45th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1921 West 45th, 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.
- *McPherson J N1921 West 45th, p. 262
- McPherson Jas N trav frt agt CPR1921 West 45th, p. 399
- *Macpherson G K2017 West 45th, p. 262
- Macpherson G Ken mfrs agt 550 Beatty2017 West 45th, 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.