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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mecredys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Mecredy at three 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.

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Where the Mecredys 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

    553 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J E Mecredy, in insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: Douglas Tom Tailors at 549 and Paint Hunter-Henderson at 555. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    859 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • John E Mecredy, in insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: cameron (the) at 855 and 9 listings at 885. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    813 West 67th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • T T Mecredy, a salesman at Frasea Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Kennedy at 819. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an insurance and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Marpole and West End. 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 J E Mecredy, in insurance, at 553 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John E Mecredy at 859 Thurlow Street, in insurance. In 1940 the directory lists T T Mecredy at 813 West 67th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas T Mecredy there as the householder, a salesman at Frasea Farms.

Today

859 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 813 West 67th (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 553 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Mecredys

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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.