Camera Workers, 1858-1950


The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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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
    Birth 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 
    Death 13 Jul 1934  Mayo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Burial 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

  • Documents
    J.B. McLean news, <i>Cumberland News</i>, 24 May 1899 (Souvenir Edition), p. 13.    		J.B. McLean news, Cumberland News, 24 May 1899 (Souvenir Edition), p. 13.
    An possibly unusual social club in 19th century BC, the druids were active in Cumberland and J.B. McLean, who was a photographer, was their secretary.

  • 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), 24 May 1899, last page.
      "...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