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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McSavaneys

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named McSavaney at six addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four McSavaneys at 24 East 11th in 1940.

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Where the McSavaneys 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

    24 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W McSavaney, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Dorothea J McSavaney 1940
    • John R McSavaney, a helper at Empire Box 1940
    • M William McSavaney 1940

    Next door in 1940: G St G Anderson at 14 and J T S Brandon at 34. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R McSavaney, a branch manager at Sterling Food Markets 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B McLennan at 12. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    962 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C McSavaney, a bookkeeper at W Holt & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: A White at 960 and H W Cranna at 970. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3214 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • C D McSavaney, a branch manager at B&K Economy Cash Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F L Kerr at 3220. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    535 East 48th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J McSavaney, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Irene M McSavaney, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Sturhahn at 511 and W Whitby at 549. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    429 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F G McSavaney, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Caldwell at 411 and S L McDonald at 435. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a branch manager (2), a motorman (2), a bookkeeper, a conductor, an employee and a helper. Three of them worked for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Sunset (2) and Killarney. 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 W McSavaney at 24 East 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William McSavaney there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Dorothea J McSavaney, John R McSavaney, a helper at Empire Box, and M William McSavaney. In 1940 the directory lists R McSavaney at 6 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert McSavaney there as the householder, a branch manager at Sterling Food Markets.

In 1940 the directory lists C McSavaney at 962 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence McSavaney there as the householder, a bookkeeper at W Holt & Son, with Charlotte McSavaney, a laundress at Nelsons Laundries. In 1940 the directory lists C D McSavaney at 3214 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clif D McSavaney there as the householder, a branch manager at B&K Economy Cash Stores.

In 1940 the directory lists J McSavaney at 535 East 48th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James McSavaney there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Irene M McSavaney, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists F G McSavaney at 429 East 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G McSavaney there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

962 East 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 535 East 48th (1982) and 429 East 49th (1999) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 24 East 11th, 6 East 14th and 3214 East 45th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.