A family name on West 28th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McLeod at two addresses in 1940, all on West 28th Avenue, with the close spellings MacLeod and Macleod. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1625 West 28th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Betty McLeod, a maid for H Weller 1940
Next door in 1940: H A Muirhead at 1607 and J R V Dunlop at 1641. The block, door by door
- 2
2880 West 28th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Alice J McLeod, widow of F M 1940
Next door in 1940: R S Fleming at 2832 and M B Nascou at 2886. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a maid. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Shaughnessy. 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 Betty McLeod at 1625 West 28th Avenue, a maid for H Weller. The 1940 name section lists Alice J McLeod at 2880 West 28th Avenue, widow of F M.
Today
1625 West 28th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2880 West 28th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McLeod Betty maid H Weller1625 West 28th, p. 392
- McLeod Alice J wid F M2880 West 28th, p. 392
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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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.