My parents, Henry Vaughan McLennan and Lenore (Mason) McLennan, immigrants from Scotland and New Zealand respectively, purchased this duplex in 1936. Only the upstairs living unit had been completed at that time. The downstairs did not yet have rooms blocked out. Expatriate friends from England,...
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My parents, Henry Vaughan McLennan and Lenore (Mason) McLennan, immigrants from Scotland and New Zealand respectively, purchased this duplex in 1936. Only the upstairs living unit had been completed at that time. The downstairs did not yet have rooms blocked out. Expatriate friends from England, New Zealand, and Denmark volunteered to finish the first floor. In 1940 my parents converted the living room into a small grocery to earn more income during the great depression. There were no supermarkets in San Carlos at the time the store was established. I have added pictures in the photo section of them and the building at the time they purchased it in 1936. My parents sold the property in 1942. (apparently the photo section has accepted only two of my photos)