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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The La Plantes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

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

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Where the La Plantes 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

    919 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • L La Plante 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Evans at 955. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2148 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A J H La Plante, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Dexal at 2144 and A Huisson at 2164. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    177 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Louis La Plante 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Johnson at 175 and Pool Room Hastings at 179. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    144 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss F Laplante 1940
    • Florence La Plante, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Welsh at 140 and M B Prowd at 148. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a seaman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant 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 L La Plante at 919 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Louis La Plante there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A J H La Plante at 2148 East 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alfred J H La Plante there as the householder, a seaman.

The 1940 name section lists Louis La Plante at 177 East Hastings Street. Miss F Laplante is listed at 144 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Florence La Plante there as the householder, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

2148 East 4th, 177 East Hastings and 144 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 144 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 919 Broughton, 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, 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.