A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McLean at three addresses in 1940, all on West 32nd Avenue, with the close spellings MacLean, Maclean and McClean. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
3250 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Charles G McLean, a secretary at Seymour St Gospel Hall 1940
Next door in 1940: W B Baird at 3224 and P J Carey at 3264. The block, door by door
- 2
3555 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- C W McLean, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Walker at 3549 and Mrs D Fedden at 3563. The block, door by door
- 3
4003 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs Helen M MacLean, a stillroom at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: A Scarabelli at 4001 and W J Powell at 4007. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a secretary and a stillroom.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles G McLean at 3250 West 32nd Avenue, a secretary at Seymour St Gospel Hall. C W McLean is listed at 3555 West 32nd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Cecil W McLean there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Helen M MacLean at 4003 West 32nd Avenue, a stillroom at the Vancouver Hotel.
Today
3555 West 32nd (1993) and 4003 West 32nd (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3250 West 32nd, so that building is 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 Chas G sec Seymour St Gospel Hall3250 West 32nd, p. 390
- *McLean C W3555 West 32nd, p. 248
- McLean Cecil W clk PO3555 West 32nd, p. 390
- MacLean Mrs Helen M stillrm Van Hotel4003 West 32nd, p. 390
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.