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The Bouchards

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at eight addresses

The directories print twelve people named Bouchard at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Bouchards at 7409 Angus Drive in 1940.

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Where the Bouchards 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

    7409 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • G Bouchard, a conductor at the CPR 1940
    • Anita L Bouchard, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940
    • Marguerite E Bouchard 1940
    • Rodolphe A Bouchard, a branch manager at Safeway Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Clark at 7429. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    936 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Philip Bouchard, who worked for Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Atkins at 928 and C Dickinson at 942. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2781 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • L Bouchard, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Dodds at 2767. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1007 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jack Bouchard, a loader at Overseas Wood Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E G Johnson at 1001 and J A Morrice at 1011. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4184 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Elizabeth Bouchard, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Garrish at 4178 and S H Simms at 4188. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1996 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C S Bouchard, a driver at Arrow Transfer 1940
    • Harry A Bouchard, a swamper 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Black at 1986. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4287 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G O Bouchard, a branch manager at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Hill at 4273 and Mrs A M Gilbert at 4293. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss Z Bouchard, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the twelve: a branch manager (2), a conductor, a driver, an employee, a loader and a maid, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 G Bouchard at 7409 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Bouchard there as the householder, a conductor at the CPR, with Anita L Bouchard, a saleswoman at Woolworths, Marguerite E Bouchard, and Rodolphe A Bouchard, a branch manager at Safeway Stores. The 1940 name section lists Philip Bouchard at 936 East 28th Avenue, who worked for Restmore.

L Bouchard is listed at 2781 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Louis Bouchard there as the householder, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Jack Bouchard at 1007 Pacific Street, a loader at Overseas Wood Products. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Bouchard at 4184 West 10th Avenue, widow of T.

C S Bouchard is listed at 1996 West 13th 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 Claude S Bouchard there as the householder, a vice-president at Arrow Transfer, with Charles Bouchard, a swamper at Arrow Transfer, Cornelius Bouchard, a driver at Arrow Transfer, and Harry A Bouchard, a swamper. G O Bouchard is listed at 4287 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George O Bouchard there as the householder, a branch manager at Safeway.

The 1940 name section lists Miss Z Bouchard at 900 West Georgia Street, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

7409 Angus Drive, 936 East 28th, 4184 West 10th, 1996 West 13th and 900 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 900 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2781 Kingsway, 1007 Pacific and 4287 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 7409 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 7400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 18 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.