A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The McLeans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McLean at two addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street, 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 most under one roof: three McLeans at 839 West Pender in 1940. 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
839 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- T McC McLean, retired 1940
- James McLean, on active service 1940
- Janet W McLean 1940
Next door in 1940: Acad of Useful Arts at 835 and Mrs M Erickson at 845. The block, door by door
- 2
1322 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Roderick G Maclean 1940
Next door in 1940: R V McCarter at 1328. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 T McC McLean at 839 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas McC McLean there as the householder, retired, with James McLean, on active service, and Janet W McLean. The 1940 name section lists Roderick G Maclean at 1322 West Pender Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 839 West Pender and 1322 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLean T McC839 West Pender, p. 131
- McLean Jas act serv839 West Pender, p. 390
- McLean Janet W839 West Pender, p. 390
- McLean Thos McC retired839 West Pender, p. 391
- Maclean Rodk G1322 West Pender, 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.