A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Choquettes
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Choquette at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Choquettes lived
- 1
2554 East 23rd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- P Choquette, a factory worker for Royal Crown 1940
Next door in 1940: E P Wilander at 2542 and W H Rieveley at 2558. The block, door by door
- 2
1636 Kitchener Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Edward A Choquette, a winchman at Overseas Wood Products 1940
Next door in 1940: H A Finch at 1628 and Mrs A Philip at 1642. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a factory worker and a winchman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 P Choquette at 2554 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Patrick Choquette there as the householder, a factory worker for Royal Crown. The 1940 name section lists Edward A Choquette at 1636 Kitchener Street, a winchman at Overseas Wood Products.
Today
1636 Kitchener still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2554 East 23rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Choquette P2554 East 23rd, p. 237
- Choquette Patk fctywkr Royal Crown2554 East 23rd, p. 109
- Choquette Edw A winchmn Overseas Wood Prods1636 Kitchener, p. 109
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Choquettes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Choquette name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.