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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leeses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Leese at four addresses in 1940 in four 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: four Leeses at 1441 East 7th in 1940.

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Where the Leeses 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

    1075 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Leese 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Logan at 1071. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1441 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A E Leese, a carpenter 1940
    • Lily Leese, a dressmaker 1940
    • Pearl Leese, a stenographer 1940
    • Thomas Leese, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: S E Jacques at 1431. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2469 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Leese, a painter at Hayes Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Wright at 2459. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4203 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs A F Leese, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: D T Griffiths at 4213. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a carpenter, a dressmaker, a driver, a painter and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, West End 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Leese at 1075 Barclay Street. A E Leese is listed at 1441 East 7th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Albert E Leese there as the householder, a carpenter, with Lily Leese, a dressmaker, Pearl Leese, a stenographer, and Thomas Leese, a driver.

A Leese is listed at 2469 Napier Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Leese there as the householder, a painter at Hayes Manufacturing. Mrs A F Leese is listed at 4203 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ada F Leese there as the householder, widow of T.

Today

1441 East 7th and 2469 Napier still have their buildings from before 1946; 4203 West 13th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1075 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Leeses

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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.