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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The McLeods

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named McLeod at six addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    163 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Stewart McLeod, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Q Gow at 147 and G H Holbrook at 169. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    895 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A F McLeod, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lee at 885 and Mrs M Stewart at 897. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2215 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N C McLeod 1940
    • H Norman McLeod, proprietor of Westminster Drug Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Noble at 2205 and W A Hampson at 2225. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2395 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Alice C MacLeod, widow of J M 1940
    • Margaret I C MacLeod, a technician at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Bitz at 2385. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4439 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S McLeod, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • Doug S McLeod, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Fraser at 4437 and H R Stewart at 4459. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4502 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D McLeod, an office 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Scanlan at 4510. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a manufacturers agent, an office, an on active service, a proprietor, a salesman and a technician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), West Point Grey (2), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 Stewart McLeod at 163 West 7th Avenue, on active service. A F McLeod is listed at 895 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex F McLeod there as the householder, a salesman.

N C McLeod is listed at 2215 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists H Norman McLeod there, proprietor of Westminster Drug Agencies. The 1940 name section lists Alice C MacLeod at 2395 West 7th Avenue, widow of J M, with Margaret I C MacLeod, a technician at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists S McLeod at 4439 West 7th 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 Stan McLeod there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Doug S McLeod, a student. In 1940 the directory lists D McLeod at 4502 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don McLeod there as the householder, an office.

Today

2395 West 7th, 4439 West 7th and 4502 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2395 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 163 West 7th, 895 West 7th and 2215 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the McLeods

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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.