A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
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 Powell 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
123 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- James McLeod 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door
- 2
134 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- A H McLeod 1940
Next door in 1940: W G Humphrey at 132 and Mrs H Omae at 136. The block, door by door
- 3
391 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- John Macleod 1940
Next door in 1940: Z Soga at 381 and S Tsuruda at 393. The block, door by door
- 4
1801 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Jessie V McLeod, a saleswoman at Ideal Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: P Ponyicky at 1825. The block, door by door
- 5
1902 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Lawrence McLeod, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
- Margaret McLeod, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: Victoria Cafe at 1900 and Oxford Meat Market & Gro at 1904. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a millworker and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland (2) and Strathcona. 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 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists A H McLeod at 134 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists John Macleod at 391 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Jessie V McLeod at 1801 Powell Street, a saleswoman at Ideal Lunch.
The 1940 name section lists Lawrence McLeod at 1902 Powell Street, a millworker at Sterling Lumber, with Margaret McLeod, a widow.
Today
134 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1801 Powell (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 123 Powell, 391 Powell and 1902 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLeod Jas123 Powell, p. 393
- McLeod A H134 Powell, p. 392
- Macleod John391 Powell, p. 393
- McLeod Jessie V slswm Ideal Lunch1801 Powell, p. 393
- McLeod Lawrence mlwkr Sterling Lbr1902 Powell, p. 394
- McLeod Margt wid —1902 Powell, p. 394
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.