A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The McLeods
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named McLeod at four addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street, 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
- 1
417 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- J H MacLeod, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: Intl Jwlrs & Trading Co at 413 and R Pritchard at 419. The block, door by door
- 2
640 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- A W McLeod, in insurance agents 1940
Next door in 1940: royal trust bldg at 626. The block, door by door
- 3
1121 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Michael H McLeod, a finisher at Photo Arts 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Trestain at 1119 and Lil-Li-Bet at 1123. The block, door by door
- 4
1140 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Clarence W MacLeod, a president at MacLeod's Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a barrister, a finisher and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 H MacLeod, a barrister, at 417 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John H MacLeod there, a barrister. In 1940 the directory lists A W McLeod, in insurance agents, at 640 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Michael H McLeod at 1121 West Pender Street, a finisher at Photo Arts.
The 1940 name section lists Clarence W MacLeod at 1140 West Pender Street, a president at MacLeod's Ltd.
Today
640 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1140 West Pender (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 417 West Pender and 1121 West Pender, 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 J H barr417 West Pender, p. 129
- MacLeod John H barr417 West Pender, p. 394
- McLeod A W ins agts640 West Pender, p. 131
- McLeod Michl H fnshr Photo Arts1121 West Pender, p. 394
- MacLeod Clarence W pres MacLeod's Ltd1140 West Pender, p. 393
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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Every directory, as one book
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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.