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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McRaes

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at seven addresses

The directories print 13 people named McRae at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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 most under one roof: five McRaes at 1566 West 14th in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1375 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D R McRae 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Bailey at 1365 and grange (the) at 1395. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1476 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs S A Macrae, widow of W L 1940
    • Jean W Macrae, a social service worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: sheringham apts at 1466. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1565 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs G MacRae, widow of D S 1940

    Next door in 1940: regina (the) at 1555 and aleeta (the) at 1575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1566 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs C McRae, widow of A 1940
    • Doug F McRae, a druggist at Cunningham Drugs 1940
    • Marjorie F McRae, a stenographer at J B Thomson & Son 1940
    • Mary A McRae, an accountant at Gypsum Lime & Alabastine 1940
    • William F McRae, a clerk at the Dominion Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Davis at 1556 and bellrene court at 1596. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1916 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W P McRae, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Stevenson at 1906 and Rev J P Gordon at 1926. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3678 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A V McRae 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Reynolds at 3666. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3804 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D MacRae, a president at Pacific Milling 1940
    • Ken MacRae, a warehouseman at Pacific Milling 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Bell at 3808. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 13: an accountant, a clerk, a druggist, a president, a social service worker and a stenographer, among others. Two of them worked for Pacific Milling. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), West Point Grey (2) and Kitsilano. 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 D R McRae at 1375 West 14th Avenue. Mrs S A Macrae is listed at 1476 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sarah A Macrae there as the householder, widow of W L, with Jean W Macrae, a social service worker.

Mrs G MacRae is listed at 1565 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude MacRae there as the householder, widow of D S. Mrs C McRae is listed at 1566 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cath McRae there as the householder, widow of A, with Doug F McRae, a druggist at Cunningham Drugs, Marjorie F McRae, a stenographer at J B Thomson & Son, Mary A McRae, an accountant at Gypsum Lime & Alabastine, and William F McRae, a clerk at the Dominion Bank.

W P McRae is listed at 1916 West 14th Avenue 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 William P McRae there as the householder, retired. A V McRae is listed at 3678 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists D MacRae at 3804 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don MacRae there as the householder, a president at Pacific Milling, with Ken MacRae, a warehouseman at Pacific Milling.

Today

1375 West 14th, 1476 West 14th, 1565 West 14th, 3678 West 14th and 3804 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1566 West 14th and 1916 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.