A family name on Hamilton Street, Downtown
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 Hamilton 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.
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
513 Hamilton Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mag McLean 1940
Next door in 1940: IOOF Hall at 505 and City Dye Works at 517. The block, door by door
- 2
746 Hamilton Street
Downtown, 1940
- C E McLean, a chauffeur for Star Cabs 1940
Next door in 1940: W Jensen at 738 and W Remier at 748. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a chauffeur.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 Mag McLean at 513 Hamilton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Magazine G A McLean there. In 1940 the directory lists C E McLean at 746 Hamilton Street. The 1940 name section lists Cornelius E McLean there as the householder, a chauffeur for Star Cabs.
Today
The City no longer lists 513 Hamilton and 746 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLean Mag513 Hamilton, p. 70
- McLean Magazine G A Beatty slsmn513 Hamilton, p. 391
- McLean C E746 Hamilton, p. 70
- McLean Cornelius E chauf Star Cabs746 Hamilton, p. 390
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.