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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lavertys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Laverty at five 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 Lavertys 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

    1148 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Laverty, a dispatcher at Reliable Taxi 1940
    • Mrs Lois Laverty, proprietor of Adeline Beauty Shoppe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Parker's Furn Exch at 1146 and J Kopp at 1150. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1226 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • M Laverty 1940

    Next door in 1940: Newport Cafe at 1224 and J Stark at 1228. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2614 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J M Laverty, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Reid at 2612 and W L Masters at 2630. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1653 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W G Laverty, proprietor of Arrow Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J McDonald at 1647 and J B Haslam at 1663. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    801 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Elizabeth B Laverty, proprietor of the Associated Jewelers of Canada 1940

    Next door in 1940: devonshire hotel at 849. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a proprietor (3), a dispatcher and a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Fairview and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 E Laverty at 1148 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ernest Laverty there as the householder, a dispatcher at Reliable Taxi, with Mrs Lois Laverty, proprietor of Adeline Beauty Shoppe. The 1940 name section lists M Laverty at 1226 Granville Street.

J M Laverty is listed at 2614 Triumph Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John M Laverty there as the householder, a longshoreman. W G Laverty is listed at 1653 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William G Laverty there as the householder, proprietor of Arrow Taxi.

The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth B Laverty at 801 West Georgia Street, proprietor of the Associated Jewelers of Canada.

Today

1226 Granville, 2614 Triumph and 801 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 801 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1148 Granville and 1653 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 1148 Granville: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Lavertys

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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.