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McLean, James Barclay[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1864 - 1934  (70 years)


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  • Name McLean, James Barclay 
    Born 2 Jun 1864  West Lothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) May 1891  Union, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1 May 1891 census covers "Union Mines" 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1898  Cumberland, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1899  Union, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Home Address/Year 1911  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    730 Drake St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1921  Mayo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 13 Jul 1934  Mayo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Buried Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I112  Camera Workers | M, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2017 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur?
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He appears as a photographer in the 1891 census under "Union Mines." McLean was listed as an agent for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in 1898. In the 1901 census he is listed as a storekeeper in Union. The 1911 census has him and his family living in Vancouver; he is working as a shipper for a grocer. By 1921, according to the census, he was back living on Vancouver Island in Mayo, BC, and working as a switchman or signalman. Although he died on Vancouver Island, he is buried in Vancouver's Mountain View Cemetery.

      A BVIPA photo has the family name McLean on the caption. Halftone illustrations reproduced from his photographs appear in the 24 May 1899 issue of the Cumberland News.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.
      Photo no. HP055325

    2. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898).

    3. [S930] Cumberland News, (Cumberland, B.C.: Walter Birnie Anderson, 1897-1915), last page, 24 May 1899.
      "...J.B. McLean, photographer, Union, B.C."

    4. [S720] Census of Canada 1891.
      Province of BC, District no. 3 Vancouver, Sub-district 19 Union Mines, p. 4, line 23.

    5. [S647] Census of Canada 1901.
      Listed as "James McLean"
      Province of BC, District no. 3 Vancouver, Sub-district B?, Polling sub-division no. 3 in Union Village, p. 18, line 26.

    6. [S722] Census of Canada 1911.
      Province of BC, District no. 12, Sub-district no. 12 in Vancouver, p. 50, line 27

    7. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of BC, District no. Nanaimo 19, Enumeration sub-district no. 5 in Sahtham, p. 1, line 12

    8. [S647] Census of Canada 1901.
      Listed as "James McLean"; birth date is 2 Jun 1865
      Province of BC, District no. 3 Vancouver, Sub-district B?, Polling sub-division no. 3 in Union Village, p. 18, line 26.

    9. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Birth: 2 Jun 1864
      Death: 13 Jul 1934
      URL (accessed 22 Jan 2017): http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26301022

    10. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1934-09-493305