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A family name on West 24th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The McLeods

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named McLeod at three addresses in 1940, all on West 24th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2780 West 24th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J A McLeod, a building contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H J Whitcombe at 2766. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3116 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C McLeod, a superintendent cargo 1940
    • Jean M McLeod, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Cowan at 3106 and W C Carl at 3128. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3890 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R W McLeod 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Rayner at 3884 and J A Mackenzie at 3896. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a building contractor, an operator and a superintendent cargo.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 J A McLeod, a building contractor, at 2780 West 24th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James A MacLeod there, a building contractor. In 1940 the directory lists C McLeod at 3116 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cowan McLeod there as the householder, a superintendent cargo, with Jean M McLeod, an operator at the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists R W McLeod at 3890 West 24th Avenue.

Today

2780 West 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 3116 West 24th (2014) and 3890 West 24th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.