A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 21st 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.
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Where the McLeans lived
- 1
970 West 21st Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs M E McLean, widow of W D 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Howden at 960 and J Stafford at 974. The block, door by door
- 2
4014 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs A McLean 1940
- Robert McLean, a flagman at the National Harbours Board 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a flagman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 M E McLean at 970 West 21st 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 Maude E McLean there as the householder, widow of W D. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A McLean at 4014 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Alice McLean there as the householder, with Robert McLean, a flagman at the National Harbours Board.
Today
970 West 21st and 4014 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLean Mrs M E970 West 21st, p. 233
- McLean Maude E wid W D970 West 21st, p. 391
- *McLean Mrs A4014 West 21st, p. 233
- McLean Mrs Alice4014 West 21st, p. 389
- McLean Robt flagmn NHB4014 West 21st, 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.