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A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The McLeods

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named McLeod at two addresses in 1940, all on Parker Street, with the close spellings MacLeod and Macleod. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

    1651 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • James McLeod, a coach cleaner at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nicholson at 1649 and R W Minton at 1671. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2211 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M MacLeod, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Cuthill at 2205 and H Pennycook at 2217. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a coach cleaner and a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 James McLeod at 1651 Parker Street, a coach cleaner at the CNR. M MacLeod is listed at 2211 Parker Street 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 Murdo MacLeod there as the householder, a longshoreman.

Today

2211 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1651 Parker, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 2211 Parker: no archive photo of the 2200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 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

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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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.