The McLean family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 27 East 20th Avenue, has three people listed here: Lewis McLean, a stableman at the City of Vancouver; Dorothy M McLean, a stenographer at W Worrall Furniture; and John N McLean, a swamper at W Worrall Furniture; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.
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- 4
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Lewis McLeana stableman at the City of Vancouver · householderp. 390
Also under the McLean name
- Dorothy M McLeana stenographer at W Worrall Furniture · lives herep. 390
- John N McLeana swamper at W Worrall Furniture · lives herep. 390
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
East 20th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST 20TH
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 27 East 20th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); directly across the street, 28 still has one from before 1946, one of ten on the block.
The first block in 1940
East 20th Avenue ending at Quebec Street, Riley Park: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
East 20th Avenue, the first blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
North side, odd numbers
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27 East 20th Avenue, Riley Park, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/27-east-20th-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 27 East 20th Avenue
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.