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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Labrons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Labron 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.

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Where the Labrons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W K Labron, in real estate 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3464 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • K A Labron, a clerk for W K Labron 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Middlemass at 3450 and C Lowrence at 3478. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2157 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W K Labron, in real estate and notary public 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Goodall at 2163. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a real estate and notary public.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 W K Labron, in real estate, at 470 Granville Street. K A Labron is listed at 3464 West 28th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken A Labron there as the householder, a clerk for W K Labron.

W K Labron is listed at 2157 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Ken Labron there as the householder, in real estate and notary public.

Today

470 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3464 West 28th and 2157 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Labrons

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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.