A family name on Nanaimo Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named McLean at one address, 878 Nanaimo Street in Grandview-Woodland, in 1940, with the close spellings MacLean, Maclean and McClean. 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.
The McLeans at home
Woodland
- 1
878 Nanaimo Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs E McLean, widow of D H 1940
- Daniel McLean, a painter 1940
- Monty McLean, a passer at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Royle at 816. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a painter and a passer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mrs E McLean at 878 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emily McLean there as the householder, widow of D H, with Daniel McLean, a painter, and Monty McLean, a passer at the Burrard Dry Dock.
Today
878 Nanaimo (1980) has a newer building, 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 Mrs E878 Nanaimo, p. 116
- McLean Danl pntr878 Nanaimo, p. 390
- McLean Emily wid D H jntr Medical-Dental Bldg878 Nanaimo, p. 390
- McLean Monty passer Burrard Dry Dock878 Nanaimo, 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.