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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Des Laurierses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at five addresses

The directories print eleven people named Des Lauriers at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Deslauriers and DesLauriers. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Des Laurierses at 1051 Bidwell in 1940.

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Where the Des Laurierses 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

    1051 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • J B Des Lauriers, a janitor at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
    • Germaine E Deslauriers, a telephone operator at Swifts 1940
    • Jeanne J Deslauriers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Morgan at 1031. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    75 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Gabriel Deslauriers, a boomman at Marine Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Henderson at 59. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1207 Franklin Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G J Deslauriers, a salesman 1940
    • Albina M Deslauriers, widow of E 1940
    • Richard P Deslauriers, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Sherstibitoff at 1215. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1238 Franklin Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Maurice Y Deslauriers, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Singer at 1230. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4328 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs M H DesLauriers, widow of C O 1940
    • Joseph Deslauriers, a janitor 1940
    • M Margaret F Deslauriers, a helper at Barry's 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Macey at 4324 and C Bell at 4338. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the eleven: a janitor (2), a boomman, a fisherman, a helper, a millworker and a salesman, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Mount Pleasant, West End and West Point Grey. 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 B Des Lauriers at 1051 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jean B Deslauriers there as the householder, a janitor at the St Paul's Hospital, with Germaine E Deslauriers, a telephone operator at Swifts, and Jeanne J Deslauriers. The 1940 name section lists Gabriel Deslauriers at 75 East 7th Avenue, a boomman at Marine Lumber.

G J Deslauriers is listed at 1207 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George J Deslauriers there as the householder, a salesman, with Albina M Deslauriers, widow of E, and Richard P Deslauriers, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Maurice Y Deslauriers at 1238 Franklin Street, a millworker.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M H DesLauriers at 4328 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mary H Deslauriers there as the householder, widow of C O, with Joseph Deslauriers, a janitor, and M Margaret F Deslauriers, a helper at Barry's.

Today

1238 Franklin (1969) and 4328 West 11th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1051 Bidwell, 75 East 7th and 1207 Franklin, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.