A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McQuades
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McQuade at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the McQuades lived
- 1
- 2
345 West 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs McQuade 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Mellen at 335 and C W Prest at 355. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 N McQuade at 4449 Dumfries Street; 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 Nancy McQuade there as the householder, widow of F. The 1940 name section lists Mrs McQuade at 345 West 15th Avenue.
Today
4449 Dumfries and 345 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McQuade Mrs N4449 Dumfries, p. 44
- McQuade Nancy wid F4449 Dumfries, p. 400
- McQuade Mrs345 West 15th, p. 400
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McQuades
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McQuade 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.