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A family name on West 22nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands and Arbutus Ridge

The McLellans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named McLellan at three addresses in 1940, all on West 22nd Avenue, 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

    3575 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J McLellan, a janitor at the Province Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gammie at 3569 and W M McClellan at 3579. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3579 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W M McClellan, an auditor at the Workmen's Compensation Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McLellan at 3575 and R R Tucker at 3585. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3691 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W A McClellan, a salesman at Canada Packers 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kirkaldy at 3677. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an auditor, a janitor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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

In 1940 the directory lists J McLellan at 3575 West 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack McLellan there as the householder, a janitor at the Province Building. In 1940 the directory lists W M McClellan at 3579 West 22nd 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 lists William M McClellan there as the householder, an auditor at the Workmen's Compensation Board.

In 1940 the directory lists W A McClellan at 3691 West 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists W Arthur McClellan there as the householder, a salesman at Canada Packers.

Today

3575 West 22nd and 3579 West 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 3691 West 22nd (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.