A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 Broadway, 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 2219 East Broadway in 1940. The directories print the name on 43 other streets too, all listed on the McLaren name's own page.
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Where the McLarens lived
- 1
175 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- E J McLaren 1940
Next door in 1940: Hux Lunch at 169. The block, door by door
- 2
2219 East Broadway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F F McLaren, a postman 1940
- James C McLaren, a clerk 1940
- Natalie McLaren, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Pritchard at 2215 and Mrs N Binyon at 2225. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a postman and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 E J McLaren at 175 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Everett J McLaren there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists F F McLaren at 2219 East Broadway; 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 lists Finley F McLaren there as the householder, a postman, with James C McLaren, a clerk, and Natalie McLaren, a saleswoman at Woodward's.
Today
175 East Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2219 East Broadway, 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.
- McLaren E J175 East Broadway, p. 15
- McLaren Everett J175 East Broadway, p. 389
- *McLaren F F2219 East Broadway, p. 16
- McLaren Finley F postmn2219 East Broadway, p. 389
- McLaren Jas C clk2219 East Broadway, p. 389
- McLaren Natalie slswm Woodwards2219 East Broadway, 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.
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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.