A family name on Beatrice Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McLeod at three addresses in 1940, all on Beatrice 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
4257 Beatrice Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R MacLeod 1940
- Don S MacLeod, a deckhand at Canadian National Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: H L Harvey at 4245 and J Inglis at 4269. The block, door by door
- 2
4268 Beatrice Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A MacLeod, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: P J Campbell at 4230 and J Rostrom at 4280. The block, door by door
- 3
4760 Beatrice Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- M McLeod, a bookkeeper at Butt & Bowes 1940
Next door in 1940: G Wagstaff at 4746 and Knight W J coal & at 4782. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a bookkeeper, a deckhand and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). 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 R MacLeod at 4257 Beatrice 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 Don S MacLeod there, a deckhand at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists A MacLeod at 4268 Beatrice Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Angus MacLeod there as the householder, a longshoreman.
In 1940 the directory lists M McLeod at 4760 Beatrice Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm A McLeod there, a bookkeeper at Butt & Bowes.
Today
4257 Beatrice still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4268 Beatrice (1983) and 4760 Beatrice (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacLeod R4257 Beatrice, p. 10
- MacLeod Don S deckhd CNSS4257 Beatrice, p. 393
- *MacLeod A4268 Beatrice, p. 10
- MacLeod Angus lngshmn4268 Beatrice, p. 392
- *McLeod M4760 Beatrice, p. 10
- McLeod Malc A bkpr Butt & Bowes4760 Beatrice, p. 394
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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Every directory, as one book
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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.