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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The La Rocques

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named La Rocque at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Larocque. 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 Rocques 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

    601 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Larocque, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Miller at 605. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    215 West 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A La Rocque, a manager at Checker Taxi 1940
    • Robert LaRocque 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A A Sutherland at 225. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1775 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • L J La Rocque, a mechanic at Arrow Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: casa-rey at 1765 and Diamond R & Sons at 1795. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a manager and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 A Larocque, a barber, at 601 Main Street. A La Rocque is listed at 215 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert LaRocque there as the householder, a manager at Checker Taxi, with Robert LaRocque.

L J La Rocque is listed at 1775 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leo J LaRocque there as the householder, a mechanic at Arrow Transfer.

Today

601 Main (2016) and 215 West 15th (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1775 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the La Rocques

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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.