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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lecks

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Leck at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Lecks at 4363 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Lecks lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3385 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs M Leck, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Taylor at 3375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4363 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H P Leck, a building contractor 1940
    • Florence Leck, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940
    • Ron H Leck, a stenographer at Sherwin-Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hunter at 4355 and Mrs E A Hall at 4367. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a stenographer (2) and a building contractor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs M Leck at 3385 Napier Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Leck there as the householder, widow of R. In 1940 the directory lists H P Leck, a building contractor, at 4363 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry P Leck there as the householder, a building contractor, with Florence Leck, a stenographer at the BC Government, and Ron H Leck, a stenographer at Sherwin-Williams.

Today

4363 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; for 3385 Napier, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Lecks

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.