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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leeches

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Leech at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Leeches at 519 East 43rd in 1940.

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Where the Leeches 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

    2605 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • S A Leech 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Hunter at 2613. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3120 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • N A Leech 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Hare at 3176. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    519 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs E S Leech, widow of G C 1940
    • Dorothy R Leech, a student 1940
    • Herbert T Leech, a loader at Northwest Cedar Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Ferguson at 503 and J W Fuller at 533. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    132 East King Edward Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A E Leech 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Main at 126 and Mrs E Coe at 138. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3728 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • P Leech, of Leech & Woods 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hundal at 3716 and J Dean at 3738. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    241 West 63rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • C G Leech 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Foster at 225 and T S Byrne at 247. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the eight: a loader. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Marpole, Riley Park, Sunset 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 S A Leech at 2605 East 21st 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). N A Leech is listed at 3120 East 27th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman A Leech there as the householder.

Mrs E S Leech is listed at 519 East 43rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth S Leech there as the householder, widow of G C, with Dorothy R Leech, a student, and Herbert T Leech, a loader at Northwest Cedar Products. A E Leech is listed at 132 East King Edward Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Leech there as the householder.

P Leech is listed at 3728 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Percy Leech there as the householder, of Leech & Woods. C G Leech is listed at 241 West 63rd Avenue in 1940.

Today

132 East King Edward still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 2605 East 21st (1993) and 3728 West 11th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3120 East 27th, 519 East 43rd and 241 West 63rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.