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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McLeods

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named McLeod at six addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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

    420 West Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J M MacLeod, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Geraghty at 418 and Van Western Drug at 456. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1116 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • A McLeod, in sheet metal works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Cook at 1114 and Miss M Truswell at 1124. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1380 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • G W MacLeod, proprietor of MacLeod's Eats & Sweets 1940
    • Jean MacLeod, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Willock Truck Equip at 1378 and Mae Sylvia at 1382. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1424 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • John McLeod, a waiter at Black Cat 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Patterson at 1416 and Miss A M Davis at 1444. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1765 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A McLeod, widow of J N 1940
    • J Norman McLeod 1940

    Next door in 1940: Two Boys Msngr Serv at 1735 and L J La Rocque at 1775. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2058 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ethel McLeod, a saleswoman at Klausner's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maple Clnrs at 2014 and R N Johnston at 2080. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a proprietor, a saleswoman, a seaman and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), Kitsilano 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

In 1940 the directory lists J M MacLeod at 420 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John M MacLeod there as the householder, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists A McLeod, in sheet metal works, at 1116 West Broadway.

G W MacLeod is listed at 1380 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Grant W MacLeod there as the householder, proprietor of MacLeod's Eats & Sweets, with Jean MacLeod, a student. The 1940 name section lists John McLeod at 1424 West Broadway, a waiter at Black Cat.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A McLeod at 1765 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Annie McLeod there as the householder, widow of J N, with J Norman McLeod. The 1940 name section lists Ethel McLeod at 2058 West Broadway, a saleswoman at Klausner's.

Today

The City no longer lists 420 West Broadway, 1116 West Broadway, 1380 West Broadway, 1424 West Broadway, 1765 West Broadway and 2058 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.