A family name on East 33rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McLean at three addresses in 1940, all on East 33rd Avenue, with the close spellings MacLean, Maclean and McClean. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 151 other streets too, all listed on the McLean name's own page.
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Where the McLeans lived
- 1
758 East 33rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A A F MacLean, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: E L Mitchell at 750 and J MacLean at 772. The block, door by door
- 2
772 East 33rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J MacLean, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: A A F MacLean at 758. The block, door by door
- 3
1340 East 33rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A McLean, a roofer 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Croot at 1326 and Miss M McGillivray at 1382. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a conductor, a motorman and a roofer. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). 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 A A F MacLean at 758 East 33rd 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 Angus A F MacLean there, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J MacLean at 772 East 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John MacLean there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.
In 1940 the directory lists A McLean at 1340 East 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex McLean there as the householder, a roofer.
Today
1340 East 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 758 East 33rd (2010) and 772 East 33rd (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacLean A A F758 East 33rd, p. 248
- MacLean Angus A F cond BCER758 East 33rd, p. 389
- *MacLean J772 East 33rd, p. 248
- MacLean John mtrmn BCER772 East 33rd, p. 390
- McLean A1340 East 33rd, p. 248
- McLean Alex roofer1340 East 33rd, p. 389
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McLeans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McLean 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.