A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Beausoleils
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Beausoleil at two addresses in 1940 in Renfrew-Collingwood. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Beausoleils lived
- 1
5455 Joyce Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Rev A Beausoleil, a priest at the St Mary's Catholic Church 1940
Next door in 1940: St Mary's RC Ch at 5437 and Joyce Rd Lbr at 5475. The block, door by door
- 2
2936 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- T Beausoleil, proprietor of Joyce Road Lumber 1940
- Mrs C Beausoleil, a dressmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: A R Barber at 2938. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a dressmaker, a priest and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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
In 1940 the directory lists Rev A Beausoleil at 5455 Joyce Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Rev Adrian Beausoleil there as the householder, a priest at the St Mary's Catholic Church.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Beausoleil, a dressmaker, at 2936 Kingsway. By 1940 it is T Beausoleil. The 1940 name section lists Theophile Beausoleil there as the householder, proprietor of Joyce Road Lumber, with Mrs Caroline Beausoleil, a dressmaker.
Today
2936 Kingsway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 5455 Joyce (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Beausoleil Rev A5455 Joyce, p. 92
- Beausoleil Rev Adrian priest St Mary's Catholic Ch5455 Joyce, p. 38
- Beausoleil T2936 Kingsway, p. 98
- Beausoleil Mrs C drsmkr2936 Kingsway, p. 98
- Beausoleil Mrs Caroline drsmkr2936 Kingsway, p. 38
- Beausoleil Theophile prop Joyce Rd Lbr2936 Kingsway, p. 38
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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.