A family name on East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The McLarens
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McLaren at two addresses in 1940, all on East 8th Avenue, with the close spellings MacLaren and Maclaren. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three McLarens at 823 East 8th in 1940. The directories print the name on 43 other streets too, all listed on the McLaren name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the McLarens lived
- 1
823 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- D E McLaren, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District 1940
- Abbie M McLaren, a stenographer for F C Myers 1940
- Charles A McLaren, an apprentice at Reliable Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: S S Dixon at 817 and C B Thompson at 833. The block, door by door
- 2
3028 East 8th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Herbert W McLaren, a warehouseman at Vancouver Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Gorton at 3022 and J W MacKay at 3040. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a laborer, a stenographer and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 D E McLaren at 823 East 8th Avenue; 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 Daniel E McLaren there as the householder, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District, with Abbie M McLaren, a stenographer for F C Myers, and Charles A McLaren, an apprentice at Reliable Drug. The 1940 name section lists Herbert W McLaren at 3028 East 8th Avenue, a warehouseman at Vancouver Supplies.
Today
3028 East 8th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 823 East 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLaren D E823 East 8th, p. 193
- McLaren Abbie M sten F C Myers823 East 8th, p. 388
- McLaren Chas A appr Reliable Drug823 East 8th, p. 388
- McLaren Danl E lab Greater Van Water Dist823 East 8th, p. 388
- McLaren Herbt W whsmn Van Supp3028 East 8th, p. 389
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McLarens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McLaren 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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
Another name, or a house
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.