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A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset

The McLellans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named McLellan at four addresses in 1940, all on Quebec Street, with the close spellings McClellan, MacLellan and McLelan. 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 48 other streets too, all listed on the McLellan name's own page.

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Where the McLellans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2649 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G B McLellan, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company 1940
  2. 2

    3335 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • M W McLellan, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gunther at 3325 and Mrs M Body at 3345. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4425 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Norvill McLellan, an apprentice at the Point Grey News 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Armstrong at 4419 and C A Robertson at 4431. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6380 Quebec Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A L McLellan, a shipper at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Nickolls at 6368. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a miner, a seaman and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Mount Pleasant and Sunset. 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 G B McLellan at 2649 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George B McLellan there as the householder, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists M W McLellan at 3335 Quebec 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 lists Math W McLellan there as the householder, a miner.

The 1940 name section lists Norvill McLellan at 4425 Quebec Street, an apprentice at the Point Grey News. A L McLellan is listed at 6380 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Allan L McLellan there as the householder, a shipper at M-W Ltd.

Today

2649 Quebec, 3335 Quebec and 4425 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946, 2649 Quebec on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6380 Quebec (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record.

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Taken where the 2600 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 2649 Quebec. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the McLellans

Every directory, as one book

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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.