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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leesons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Leeson 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.

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Where the Leesons 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

    2315 Ferndale Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Leeson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Ouellette at 2305. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3076 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • B W Leeson, retired 1940
    • Anna M Leeson, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Symons at 3066 and J McA Leitch at 3086. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3506 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • S Leeson, proprietor of Leeson Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Mills at 3510. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1530 West 26th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Dr L H Leeson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Bell at 1550. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2230 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R B Leeson, of Leeson & Madden 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Asbridge at 2216 and G M Ferguson at 2236. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L H Leeson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a carpenter, a clerk, a physician and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 J Leeson at 2315 Ferndale 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 John Leeson there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists B W Leeson at 3076 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin W Leeson there as the householder, retired, with Anna M Leeson, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists S Leeson at 3506 West 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan Leeson there as the householder, proprietor of Leeson Motors. In 1940 the directory lists Dr L H Leeson at 1530 West 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lavell H Leeson there as the householder, a physician.

In 1940 the directory lists R B Leeson at 2230 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert B Leeson there as the householder, of Leeson & Madden. In 1940 the directory lists L H Leeson, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street.

Today

2315 Ferndale, 3076 West 11th, 3506 West 22nd and 2230 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1530 West 26th and 925 West Georgia, 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.