A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Megaws
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Megaw at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Megaws lived
- 1
4658 Bellevue Drive
West Point Grey, 1940
- R J Megaw 1940
Next door in 1940: L R Little at 4650 and G A Roedde at 4666. The block, door by door
- 2
1138 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- W B Megaw, a foreman at D A Smith Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss G Morton at 1132 and T W Pluto at 1144. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a foreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End and West Point Grey. 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 R J Megaw at 4658 Bellevue Drive; 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 W B Megaw at 1138 Nelson Street, a foreman at D A Smith Equipment.
Today
4658 Bellevue Drive (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1138 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Megaw R J4658 Bellevue Drive, p. 12
- Megaw W B formn D A Smith Equip1138 Nelson, p. 424
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Megaws
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Megaw 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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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.