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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McLarens

In the city directories 1940 · 56 addresses on 44 streets

The directories print the McLaren name at 56 addresses on 44 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings MacLaren and Maclaren. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the McLarens lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End8 addresses
  2. Downtown5 addresses
  3. Kitsilano5 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  5. West Point Grey5 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  7. Fairview3 addresses
  8. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  9. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  10. South Cambie3 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Sunset2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  18. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Haro StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Mrs M McLaren, Ann G McLaren and Mrs Mary McLaren
    1940
  2. 2
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: W McLaren, Mrs J A MacLaren, W G MacLaren and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 14th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: H A McLaren, Colin C MacLaren, Mrs Edith McLaren and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Harriet McLaren and Mrs C Maclaren
    1940
  5. 5
    East 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: J Ross McLaren and John E McLaren
    1940
  6. 6
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: D E McLaren, Abbie M McLaren, Charles A McLaren and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    East BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: E J McLaren, F F McLaren, James C McLaren and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: J McLaren and McLaren
    1940
  9. 9
    West 19th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie; two people: J A McLaren and J Bruce McLaren
    1940
  10. 10
    Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; two people: P D McLaren and Roxie D McLaren
    1940
  11. 11
    Blenheim StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; two people: H M McLaren and John A McLaren
    1940
  12. 12
    Clive AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: T S McLaren
    1940

32 more streets, by name: East 10th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Graveley Street (1), Hudson Street (1), John Street (1), Kingsway (1), Larch Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Oxford Street (1), Turner Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Whyte Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 56 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, eleven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 21; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.