A family name on Marguerite Street, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy
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 Marguerite 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
5308 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- D McLean, a manager at D McLean Motor 1940
Next door in 1940: R M Pidgeon at 5376. The block, door by door
- 2
5887 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H B MacLean, a teacher at the Provincial Normal School 1940
- Jean L MacLean 1940
Next door in 1940: H Wood at 5861. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a manager and a teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 D McLean at 5308 Marguerite 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 Dan McLean there as the householder, a manager at D McLean Motor. In 1940 the directory lists H B MacLean at 5887 Marguerite Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry B MacLean there as the householder, a teacher at the Provincial Normal School, with Jean L MacLean.
Today
5887 Marguerite (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5308 Marguerite, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLean D5308 Marguerite, p. 111
- McLean Dan mgr D McLean Motor5308 Marguerite, p. 390
- *MacLean H B5887 Marguerite, p. 111
- MacLean Henry B tchr Prov Norm Sch5887 Marguerite, p. 390
- MacLean Jean L5887 Marguerite, 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.