A family name on West 20th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McRaes
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McRae at two addresses in 1940, all on West 20th Avenue, 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
251 West 20th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- W Wendell McRae, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart 1940
Next door in 1940: J McBay at 241 and P B Murdoch at 261. The block, door by door
- 2
3555 West 20th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- K R McRae, a salesman at Willard Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: W Hammersley at 3549 and S Sloan at 3559. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a salesman and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 W Wendell McRae at 251 West 20th Avenue, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart. K R McRae is listed at 3555 West 20th 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 Ken R McRae there as the householder, a salesman at Willard Equipment.
Today
3555 West 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 251 West 20th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McRae W Wendell whsmn Slade & Stewart251 West 20th, p. 401
- *McRae K R3555 West 20th, p. 231
- McRae Ken R slsmn Willard Equip3555 West 20th, 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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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.