A family name on Harwood Street, West End
The McLennans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McLennan at three addresses in 1940, all on Harwood Street, with the close spellings MacLennan and Maclennan. 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 53 other streets too, all listed on the McLennan name's own page.
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Where the McLennans lived
- 1
1115 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- M M K McLennan, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: F H Smith at 1109 and R R Mackness at 1117. The block, door by door
- 2
1185 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Margaret A McLennan, of Margaret Convalescent & Nursing Home 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Carlisle at 1169. The block, door by door
- 3
1210 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Margaret I McLennan, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: Gardens Rose at 1202 and Rev A E Cooke at 1232. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an employee and a fireman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 M M K McLennan at 1115 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Morris M K McLennan there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret A McLennan at 1185 Harwood Street, of Margaret Convalescent & Nursing Home. The 1940 name section lists Margaret I McLennan at 1210 Harwood Street, who worked for the BC Telephone.
Today
The City no longer lists 1115 Harwood, 1185 Harwood and 1210 Harwood, so those buildings are 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 M M K1115 Harwood, p. 73
- McLennan Morris M K firmn Van City1115 Harwood, p. 392
- McLennan Mrs Margt A of Margaret Convalescent & Nursing Home1185 Harwood, p. 392
- McLennan Margt I emp BC Tel1210 Harwood, 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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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.