A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 15th Avenue, 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
1575 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs E S MacLeod, widow of A A 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs P E Mathieson at 1565 and oxford apts at 1585. The block, door by door
- 2
3505 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J N McLeod, an egg candler for W Scott 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Ewing at 3511. The block, door by door
- 3
3685 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J P G MacLeod, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: G T Tuson at 3675 and H L Doidge at 3697. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an egg candler and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs E S MacLeod at 1575 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eleanor S MacLeod there as the householder, widow of A A. In 1940 the directory lists J N McLeod at 3505 West 15th Avenue; 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 J Norman McLeod there as the householder, an egg candler for W Scott.
In 1940 the directory lists J P G MacLeod at 3685 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John P G MacLeod there as the householder, a school teacher.
Today
1575 West 15th, 3505 West 15th and 3685 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1575 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- MacLeod Mrs E S1575 West 15th, p. 220
- MacLeod Eleanor S wid A A1575 West 15th, p. 393
- *McLeod J N3505 West 15th, p. 221
- McLeod J Norman egg candler W Scott3505 West 15th, p. 393
- *MacLeod J P G3685 West 15th, p. 221
- MacLeod John P G sch tchr Van City3685 West 15th, p. 394
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.