A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McLean at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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.
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.
Where the McLeans lived
- 1
801 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- John McLean, an accountant at First Narrows Bridge Co 1940
Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door
- 2
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- C G G Maclean, a physician 1940
- J A McLean, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 3
1461 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Jeannie McLean, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: P P Epp at 1459. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an accountant. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 John McLean at 801 West Georgia Street, an accountant at First Narrows Bridge Co. J A McLean, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is C G G Maclean, a physician. The 1940 name section lists Jeannie McLean at 1461 West Georgia Street, widow of J.
Today
801 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 925 West Georgia and 1461 West Georgia, so those buildings are 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 John acct First Narrows Bridge Co801 West Georgia, p. 390
- Maclean C G G phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- McLean J A phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- McLean Jeannie wid J forwm Gehrke's1461 West Georgia, 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.