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The McSpaddens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named McSpadden at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the McSpaddens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1625 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C McSpadden, who worked for BC Distil 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Bengough at 1621 and W T Kelly at 1633. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5889 Granville Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs M McSpadden, widow of G 1940
    • Loma K McSpadden, a stenographer 1940
  3. 3

    6570 Granville Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • M S R McSpadden, an exciseman at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K M McIntosh at 6550. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1699 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • S G McSpadden 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Symes at 1697. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an employee, an exciseman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Marpole and Oakridge. 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 C McSpadden at 1625 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cecil McSpadden there as the householder, who worked for BC Distil. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McSpadden at 5889 Granville Street; 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 Minnie McSpadden there as the householder, widow of G, with Loma K McSpadden, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists M S R McSpadden at 6570 Granville Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Melrose S R McSpadden there as the householder, an exciseman at the Customs. In 1940 the directory lists S G McSpadden at 1699 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan G McSpadden there as the householder.

Today

5889 Granville and 6570 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1625 East 11th and 1699 West 64th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 5889 Granville: no archive photo of the 5800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the McSpaddens

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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.