A family name on East 50th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McLean at two addresses in 1940, all on East 50th Avenue, with the close spellings MacLean, Maclean and McClean. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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.
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 McLeans lived
- 1
842 East 50th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- A McLean, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Bishop Hills Mem Ch at 808 and A R Montgomery at 852. The block, door by door
- 2
895 East 50th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- R C McLean, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: W W Lockyer at 887. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a fireman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2). 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 McLean at 842 East 50th 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 Allan McLean there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists R C McLean at 895 East 50th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ray C McLean there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.
Today
842 East 50th (1997) and 895 East 50th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLean A842 East 50th, p. 265
- McLean Allan retired842 East 50th, p. 389
- *McLean R C895 East 50th, p. 266
- McLean Ray C firmn Van City895 East 50th, p. 391
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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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.