A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McLeod at two addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd 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
2033 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- D Jean MacLeod, an assistant secretary at the BC Conservative Association 1940
- John K MacLeod, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: L R Thorn at 2029 and T T C Vincent at 2043. The block, door by door
- 2
3317 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J D McLeod, retired 1940
- Lena McLeod 1940
Next door in 1940: A J McArty at 3303 and W J Fleming at 3325. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an assistant secretary and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 D Jean MacLeod at 2033 West 2nd Avenue, an assistant secretary at the BC Conservative Association, with John K MacLeod, a school teacher. J D McLeod is listed at 3317 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; 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 John D McLeod there as the householder, retired, with Lena McLeod.
Today
The City no longer lists 2033 West 2nd and 3317 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- MacLeod D Jean asst sec BC Conservative Assn2033 West 2nd, p. 393
- MacLeod John K sch tchr Van City2033 West 2nd, p. 394
- *McLeod J D3317 West 2nd, p. 177
- McLeod John D retired3317 West 2nd, p. 394
- McLeod Lena3317 West 2nd, p. 394
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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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.