A family name on Adanac Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The McRaes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McRae at two addresses in 1940, all on Adanac Street, with the close spellings Macrae, MacRae and McCrae. 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 80 other streets too, all listed on the McRae name's own page.
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Where the McRaes lived
- 1
1530 Adanac Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- William A McRae, a waiter at the Patricia Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Taylor at 1522 and F Peterson at 1536. The block, door by door
- 2
2821 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D A McRae, a steam fitter 1940
- Harold P McRae, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: S Owens at 2815 and D J W McDonald at 2827. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a helper, a steam fitter and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A McRae at 1530 Adanac Street, a waiter at the Patricia Hotel. D A McRae is listed at 2821 Adanac Street in 1940; 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 lists Don A McRae there as the householder, a steam fitter, with Harold P McRae, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock.
Today
2821 Adanac still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1530 Adanac (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McRae Wm A waiter Patricia Hotel1530 Adanac, p. 401
- *McRae D A2821 Adanac, p. 2
- McRae Don A stm ftr2821 Adanac, p. 401
- McRae Harold P hlpr Burrard Dry Dock2821 Adanac, p. 401
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McRaes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McRae 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.