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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The La Pierres

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named La Pierre at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Lapierre. 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 Pierres at 45 West 16th in 1940.

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Where the La Pierres 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

    1523 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Theo Lapierre, a pipe fitter at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Ubbink at 1517 and R Loveless at 1535. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    45 West 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E Lapierre, widow of A C 1940
    • Clif I Lapierre 1940
    • J Ralph Lapierre, a salesman at Standard Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Kion at 41 and C B Dougan at 55. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3506 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs I La Pierre, widow of L A 1940

    Next door in 1940: C T Grantham at 3512. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a pipe fitter and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 Theo Lapierre at 1523 East 12th Avenue, a pipe fitter at Canadian White Pine. Mrs E Lapierre is listed at 45 West 16th 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 Exilda Lapierre there as the householder, widow of A C, with Clif I Lapierre, and J Ralph Lapierre, a salesman at Standard Oil.

Mrs I La Pierre is listed at 3506 West 38th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Isabel Lapierre there as the householder, widow of L A.

Today

1523 East 12th (1977) and 3506 West 38th (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 45 West 16th, so that building is 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

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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.