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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

The McLeods

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named McLeod at five addresses in 1940, all on Nelson 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

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

    1017 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • John A MacLeod, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Bowden at 1015 and Miss L Miller at 1021. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1115 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • McLeod, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Davis at 1111 and W A Campbell at 1117. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1147 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs H E McLeod, widow of D R 1940
    • Eileen McLeod, a teacher at the Willis College of Business 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Vassey at 1121 and J Middleton at 1155. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1609 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margaret C McLeod, a stenographer at General Securities 1940

    Next door in 1940: A V Merry at 1605 and R Willis at 1617. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1966 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anne M McLeod, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kodama at 1950. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (2), a clerk and a teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 John A MacLeod at 1017 Nelson Street, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists McLeod at 1115 Nelson Street, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H E McLeod at 1147 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Hazel E McLeod there as the householder, widow of D R, with Eileen McLeod, a teacher at the Willis College of Business.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret C McLeod at 1609 Nelson Street, a stenographer at General Securities. The 1940 name section lists Anne M McLeod at 1966 Nelson Street, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal.

Today

1609 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1115 Nelson (1969) and 1147 Nelson (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1017 Nelson and 1966 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1147 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 McLeods

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.