A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The McRaes
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named McRae at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, with the close spellings Macrae, MacRae and McCrae. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1336 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs E D Macrae, widow of F A 1940
- Dyne B Macrae, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
Next door in 1940: the banfield at 1316 and Mrs B M Johnson at 1346. The block, door by door
- 2
2763 West 11th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G O McRae 1940
- M June McRae, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Whittle at 2755 and D R Wilson at 2781. The block, door by door
- 3
4457 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A O MacRae 1940
Next door in 1940: T M Ryan at 4453 and E B Dell at 4467. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 E D Macrae at 1336 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel D Macrae there as the householder, widow of F A, with Dyne B Macrae, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal. In 1940 the directory lists G O McRae at 2763 West 11th 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 lists M June McRae there, a student at UBC.
In 1940 the directory lists A O MacRae at 4457 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.
Today
1336 West 11th, 2763 West 11th and 4457 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Macrae Mrs E D1336 West 11th, p. 203
- Macrae Dyne B clk Bk of Mont1336 West 11th, p. 401
- Macrae Ethel D wid F A1336 West 11th, p. 401
- *McRae G O2763 West 11th, p. 204
- McRae M June studt UBC2763 West 11th, p. 401
- *MacRae A O4457 West 11th, p. 205
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McRaes
Every directory, as one book
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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.