A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McCleerys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McCleery 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 McCleerys lived
- 1
1771 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Joseph C McCleery, a salesman at McCleery & Weston 1940
Next door in 1940: C G Pennock at 1759 and E Evans at 1787. The block, door by door
- 2
1691 Somerset Crescent
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs F L McCleery 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Weston at 1677. The block, door by door
- 3
3115 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- S McCleery, a farmer 1940
- Jean E McCleery, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J McKillop at 3149. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a farmer, a salesman and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph C McCleery at 1771 Haro Street, a salesman at McCleery & Weston. Mrs F L McCleery is listed at 1691 Somerset Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). In 1940 the directory lists S McCleery at 3115 West 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam McCleery there as the householder, a farmer, with S Ken McCleery, and Jean E McCleery, a school teacher.
Today
1691 Somerset Crescent still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 3115 West 49th (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1771 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McCleery Jos C slsmn McCleery & Weston1771 Haro, p. 365
- *McCleery Mrs F L1691 Somerset Crescent, p. 152
- *McCleery S3115 West 49th, p. 265
- McCleery Jean E sch tchr Van City3115 West 49th, p. 365
- McCleery S Ken3115 West 49th, p. 365
- McCleery Sam farmer3115 West 49th, p. 365
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McCleerys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McCleery 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.