A family name on Fleming Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The McLellans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named McLellan at one address, 3539 Fleming Street in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, in 1940, with the close spellings McClellan, MacLellan and McLelan. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the McLellan name's own page.
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The McLellans at home
Cedar Cottage
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3539 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W J McLellan, a driver at Woman's Bakery 1940
- Elizabeth R McLellan, a stenographer 1940
- Ida M McLellan, an apprentice at Vancouver Dry Goods 1940
- Norman L McLellan, a stockman at Metro Stores 1940
Next door in 1940: R Sharples at 3529 and H B Stephens at 3551. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a driver, a stenographer and a stockman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 W J McLellan at 3539 Fleming Street; 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 William J McLellan there as the householder, a driver at Woman's Bakery, with Elizabeth R McLellan, a stenographer, Ida M McLellan, an apprentice at Vancouver Dry Goods, and Norman L McLellan, a stockman at Metro Stores.
Today
3539 Fleming (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLellan W J3539 Fleming, p. 50
- McLellan Eliz R sten3539 Fleming, p. 391
- McLellan Ida M appr Van Dry Gds3539 Fleming, p. 391
- McLellan Norman L stockmn Metro Stores3539 Fleming, p. 391
- McLellan Wm J drvr Woman's Bky3539 Fleming, p. 392
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McLellans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McLellan 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.