A family name on Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses
The directories print seven people named McLeod at three addresses in 1940, all on Venables 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 most under one roof: four McLeods at 2050 Venables in 1940. The directories print the name on 158 other streets too, all listed on the McLeod name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the McLeods lived
- 1
1129 Venables Street
Strathcona, 1940
- D J McLeod, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: Guarantee Household Sterilizers Ltd at 1105 and North West Products at 1147. The block, door by door
- 2
2042 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- S B McLeod 1940
- Eleanor McLeod, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: P Penneway at 2036 and R McLeod at 2050. The block, door by door
- 3
2050 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- R McLeod 1940
- Don McLeod, an electrician 1940
- Jack McLeod, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Ken McLeod, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: S B McLeod at 2042 and E B Mayne at 2056. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an electrician, an employee, a logger, a stenciller and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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
In 1940 the directory lists D J McLeod at 1129 Venables Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don J McLeod there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists S B McLeod at 2042 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor McLeod there, a stenographer.
In 1940 the directory lists R McLeod at 2050 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Don McLeod there, an electrician, with Jack McLeod, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine, and Ken McLeod, a logger.
Today
2050 Venables still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 2042 Venables (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1129 Venables, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLeod D J1129 Venables, p. 160
- McLeod Don J emp BC Tel1129 Venables, p. 393
- McLeod S B2042 Venables, p. 160
- McLeod Eleanor sten2042 Venables, p. 393
- McLeod R2050 Venables, p. 160
- McLeod Don electn2050 Venables, p. 393
- McLeod Jack stenciller Can White Pine2050 Venables, p. 393
- McLeod Ken logr2050 Venables, p. 394
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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
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.