A family name on West 37th 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 37th 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
1877 West 37th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A McLean, a mechanic at Imperial Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: H Sangster at 1867 and G A Bloomfield at 1897. The block, door by door
- 2
3464 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- G D McLean, a compositor at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: I H D Adams at 3450 and H D Simpson at 3478. The block, door by door
- 3
3582 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J O McLean, an assistant chief collector at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: M T R Nevill at 3576 and C Johnson at 3588. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an assistant chief collector, a compositor and a mechanic.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) 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 A McLean at 1877 West 37th 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 Angus McLean there as the householder, a mechanic at Imperial Oil. In 1940 the directory lists G D McLean at 3464 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George D McLean there as the householder, a compositor at the Sun.
In 1940 the directory lists J O McLean at 3582 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John O McLean there as the householder, an assistant chief collector at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
1877 West 37th (2012) and 3582 West 37th (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3464 West 37th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLean A1877 West 37th, p. 253
- McLean Angus mech Imp Oil1877 West 37th, p. 389
- *McLean G D3464 West 37th, p. 254
- McLean Geo D comp Sun3464 West 37th, p. 390
- *McLean J O3582 West 37th, p. 254
- McLean John O asst chf collr BCER3582 West 37th, 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.