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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The La Rouches

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named La Rouche at three addresses in 1940 in two 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: four La Rouches at 1142 Robson in 1940.

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Where the La Rouches 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

    864 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Edna V LaRoche, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Ullock at 858 and H R Blake at 876. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1142 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A La Rouche, who kept rooms to let 1940
    • Mrs Artimis LaRouche 1940
    • Doria LaRouche 1940
    • Ulysses LaRouche, a salesman at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Helen's Kitchen at 1140 and Hop Sing Lndy at 1144. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4406 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J R Marcel LaRoche, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A McKenzie at 4416. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a machinist operator, an on active service and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) 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 Edna V LaRoche at 864 Bidwell Street, a machinist operator at American Can. A La Rouche, rooms to let, is listed at 1142 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Armand LaRouche there, who kept rooms to let, with Mrs Artimis LaRouche, Doria LaRouche, and Ulysses LaRouche, a salesman at Safeway. The 1940 name section lists J R Marcel LaRoche at 4406 West 11th Avenue as the householder, on active service.

Today

4406 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 864 Bidwell and 1142 Robson, 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 La Rouches

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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.