Vancouver / Names / G / Gagne

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gagnes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Gagne at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Gagnie. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Gagnes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    633 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marie Gagne 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Dean at 627. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1811 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J L Gagnie 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Shaw at 1803 and P J Nelson at 1817. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1046 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Daisy Gagne, a maid at the Albany Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Piano House Lewis at 1044 and Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1826 Pandora Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L Gagne, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Domokos at 1824 and T Sato at 1828. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4514 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C J Gagne, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Arrowsmith at 4506 and Mrs D McLean at 4522. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a laborer (2) and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Downtown, 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marie Gagne at 633 Broughton Street. J L Gagnie is listed at 1811 East 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Daisy Gagne at 1046 Granville Street, a maid at the Albany Hotel.

L Gagne is listed at 1826 Pandora Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lucien Gagne there as the householder, a laborer. C J Gagne is listed at 4514 West 9th 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 Clophas J Gagne there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1811 East 4th and 1046 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 633 Broughton, 1826 Pandora and 4514 West 9th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Gagnes

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Gagne 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.