A family name on East 16th Avenue, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The McLennans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McLennan at two addresses in 1940, all on East 16th Avenue, with the close spellings MacLennan and Maclennan. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 53 other streets too, all listed on the McLennan name's own page.
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Where the McLennans lived
- 1
367 East 16th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- F A McLennan, a machinist at the Western Machinery Works 1940
Next door in 1940: J Cargill at 361 and Mrs F M Stigant at 371. The block, door by door
- 2
845 East 16th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- D McLennan, an assistant accountant for Northwestern Mutual 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs T Anderson at 841 and H Galbraith at 849. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an assistant accountant and a machinist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 F A McLennan at 367 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank A McLennan there as the householder, a machinist at the Western Machinery Works. In 1940 the directory lists D McLennan at 845 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don McLennan there as the householder, an assistant accountant for Northwestern Mutual.
Today
845 East 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 367 East 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLennan F A367 East 16th, p. 222
- McLennan Frank A mach Western Mach Wks367 East 16th, p. 392
- McLennan D845 East 16th, p. 222
- McLennan Don asst acct Northwestern Mutual845 East 16th, p. 392
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McLennans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McLennan 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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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.