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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McLennans

In the city directories 1940 · 69 addresses on 54 streets

The directories print the McLennan name at 69 addresses on 54 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings MacLennan and Maclennan. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the McLennans lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano9 addresses
  2. Fairview7 addresses
  3. West End7 addresses
  4. Downtown6 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  6. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  8. Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  10. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  11. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  15. South Cambie2 addresses
  16. Strathcona2 addresses
  17. Sunset1 address
  18. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 12th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: Mrs G D McLennan, R D Maclennan, Janet A McLennan and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: G MacLennan, P A McLennan and R L McLennan
    1940
  3. 3
    Harwood StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: M M K McLennan, Margaret I McLennan and Mrs Margaret A McLennan
    1940
  4. 4
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: D McLennan, James D McLennan, John A McLennan and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    East 16th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: D McLennan and F A McLennan
    1940
  6. 6
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: R J McLennan, James McLennan, Margaret McLennan and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: D McLennan, R R McLennan and James D McLennan
    1940
  8. 8
    West 30th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge; two people: A A McLennan and L J McLennan
    1940
  9. 9
    West 31st AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: G MacLennan and W A McLennan
    1940
  10. 10
    West 33rd AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: H McLennan and L M McLennan
    1940
  11. 11
    Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: J McLennan
    1940
  12. 12
    Adanac StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Mrs Ada McLennan
    1940

42 more streets, by name: Angus Drive (1), Arbutus Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Brock Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Comox Street (1), Devonshire Crescent (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Haro Street (1), Harriet Street (1), Highgate Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Oak Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Princess Avenue (1), Trinity Street (1), Turner Street (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 69 addresses, 32 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 23; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.