A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The La Grues
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named La Grue at three addresses in 1940 in three 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: three La Grues at 884 Bute in 1940.
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Where the La Grues lived
- 1
884 Bute Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs H E La Grue 1940
- Charles J La Grue, an assistant catering superintendent at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940
- Mary La Grue, a stenographer at Terminal Cartage 1940
Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
821 Nelson Street
Downtown, 1940
- Eleanor M La Grue, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
- Mrs Margaret La Grue 1940
Next door in 1940: J W McNamara at 817 and F Brunette at 829. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an assistant catering superintendent, a saleswoman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland 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 Mrs H E La Grue at 884 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Harriet E La Grue there as the householder, with Charles J La Grue, an assistant catering superintendent at the BC Coast Steamship Service, and Mary La Grue, a stenographer at Terminal Cartage. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary La Gru at 2213 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor M La Grue at 821 Nelson Street, a saleswoman at Woodward's, with Mrs Margaret La Grue.
Today
884 Bute still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2213 Franklin and 821 Nelson, 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.
- La Grue Mrs H E884 Bute, p. 23
- La Grue Chas J asst catering supt BCCSS884 Bute, p. 333
- La Grue Mrs Harriet E884 Bute, p. 333
- La Grue Mary sten Term Ctge884 Bute, p. 333
- La Gru Mrs Mary2213 Franklin, p. 333
- La Grue Eleanor M slswm Woodwards821 Nelson, p. 333
- La Grue Mrs Margt821 Nelson, p. 333
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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.