A family name on Prince Albert Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McLeod at three addresses in 1940, all on Prince Albert 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
4315 Prince Albert Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W A McLeod, a stickerman at BC Han 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Christian at 4305 and H J Bristow at 4325. The block, door by door
- 2
4375 Prince Albert Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G McLeod, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: LeR A Bowron at 4365 and W R McLeod at 4385. The block, door by door
- 3
4385 Prince Albert Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W R McLeod 1940
Next door in 1940: G McLeod at 4375. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a stickerman.
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 W A McLeod at 4315 Prince Albert 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 W Alan McLeod there as the householder, a stickerman at BC Han. In 1940 the directory lists G McLeod at 4375 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George McLeod there as the householder, a driver.
In 1940 the directory lists W R McLeod at 4385 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.
Today
4315 Prince Albert, 4375 Prince Albert and 4385 Prince Albert still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McLeod W A4315 Prince Albert, p. 136
- McLeod W Alan stickermn BC Han4315 Prince Albert, p. 394
- *McLeod G4375 Prince Albert, p. 136
- McLeod Geo drvr4375 Prince Albert, p. 393
- *McLeod W R4385 Prince Albert, p. 136
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.