A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named McLeod at four addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spellings MacLeod and Macleod. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 158 other streets too, all listed on the McLeod name's own page.
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Where the McLeods lived
- 1
1170 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Elizabeth M McLeod, a saleswoman at Angelus Confectionery 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Milloy at 1134 and A Arnaud at 1172. The block, door by door
- 2
1225 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J H McLeod, a clerk at Deeks Sand & Gravel 1940
Next door in 1940: selkirk annex at 1213 and Miss L M Davies at 1231. The block, door by door
- 3
1275 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J N McLeod, proprietor of the Rosemont Rooms 1940
- Mrs E McLeod, proprietor of Rosemont Annex 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss B Therrien at 1273. The block, door by door
- 4
1348 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- George McLeod, a janitor at the Merchants Exchange Building 1940
Next door in 1940: S N Bailey at 1340 and Miss S J Hazlette at 1356. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a proprietor (2), a clerk, a janitor and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Elizabeth M McLeod at 1170 Barclay Street as the householder, a saleswoman at Angelus Confectionery. J H McLeod is listed at 1225 Barclay Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H McLeod there as the householder, a clerk at Deeks Sand & Gravel.
J N McLeod is listed at 1275 Barclay Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John N McLeod there as the householder, proprietor of the Rosemont Rooms, with Mrs E McLeod, proprietor of Rosemont Annex. The 1940 name section lists George McLeod at 1348 Barclay Street, a janitor at the Merchants Exchange Building.
Today
1170 Barclay still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1225 Barclay (1989) and 1348 Barclay (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1275 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLeod Eliz M slswm Angelus Conf1170 Barclay, p. 393
- McLeod J H1225 Barclay, p. 8
- McLeod Jas H clk Deeks Sand & Gravel1225 Barclay, p. 393
- McLeod J N1275 Barclay, p. 9
- McLeod Mrs E prop Rosemont Annex1275 Barclay, p. 393
- McLeod John N prop Rosemont Rooms1275 Barclay, p. 394
- McLeod Geo jntr Merchants Exch Bldg1348 Barclay, p. 393
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McLeods
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McLeod name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.