A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 33rd 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
3549 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- L M McLennan, an adjuster at the Workmen's Compensation Board 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Matthews at 3543 and J H Greig at 3555. The block, door by door
- 2
4086 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H McLennan, a secretary engineer at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Millener at 4078 and R G Boomer at 4094. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an adjuster and a secretary engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 L M McLennan at 3549 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonard M McLennan there, an adjuster at the Workmen's Compensation Board. In 1940 the directory lists H McLennan at 4086 West 33rd 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 Harold McLennan there as the householder, a secretary engineer at Pacific Coyle Navigation.
Today
3549 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 4086 West 33rd (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLennan L M3549 West 33rd, p. 249
- McLennan Leonard M adjuster Workmen's Comp Bd3549 West 33rd, p. 392
- *McLennan H4086 West 33rd, p. 249
- McLennan Harold sec eng Pac Coyle Nav4086 West 33rd, 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.