A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The McPhersons
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses
The directories print seven people named McPherson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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 most under one roof: five McPhersons at 3223 West 7th 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
2425 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J C B Macpherson, a postman 1940
- Dorothy M Macpherson, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Stone at 2415 and T Smith at 2435. The block, door by door
- 2
3223 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W A Macpherson 1940
- A McPherson 1940
- Clif F Macpherson, a clerk 1940
- George A Macpherson, a clerk at Signal Oil 1940
- liz McPherson, a stenographer at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Sutton at 3217 and F G Edmonds at 3229. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a clerk (2), a postman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 C B Macpherson at 2425 West 7th 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 John C B Macpherson there as the householder, a postman, with Dorothy M Macpherson, a student. In 1940 the directory lists W A Macpherson at 3223 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists A McPherson there as the householder, with Clif F Macpherson, a clerk, George A Macpherson, a clerk at Signal Oil, and liz McPherson, a stenographer at the Hudson's Bay Company.
Today
2425 West 7th and 3223 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Macpherson J C B2425 West 7th, p. 192
- Macpherson Dorothy M studt2425 West 7th, p. 399
- Macpherson John C B postmn2425 West 7th, p. 399
- Macpherson W A3223 West 7th, p. 192
- Macpherson Clif F clk3223 West 7th, p. 399
- Macpherson Geo A clk Signal Oil3223 West 7th, p. 399
- McPherson liz sten HBC3223 West 7th, p. 400
- McPherson A3223 West 7th, p. 400
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McPhersons
Every directory, as one book
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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.