A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McLean at two addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia Street, 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.
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Where the McLeans lived
- 1
1247 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J A McLean, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: A Genovese at 1235 and B Kingek at 1251. The block, door by door
- 2
2761 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A M MacLean, a bridgeman for W Greenlees 1940
- Orville M MacLean, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: J Marcinek at 2751 and Mrs E R Murison at 2773. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bridgeman, a longshoreman and a police officer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Strathcona. 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 J A McLean at 1247 East Georgia Street; 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 John A McLean there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists A M MacLean at 2761 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Angus M MacLean there as the householder, a bridgeman for W Greenlees, with Orville M MacLean, a police officer at the City of Vancouver.
Today
2761 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1247 East Georgia (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLean J A1247 East Georgia, p. 55
- McLean John A lngshmn1247 East Georgia, p. 390
- MacLean A M2761 East Georgia, p. 56
- MacLean Angus M bridgemn W Greenlees2761 East Georgia, p. 389
- MacLean Orville M police Van City2761 East Georgia, 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.