A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Le Bruns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Le Brun at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling LeBrun. 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 Le Bruns lived
- 1
1125 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Vivianne Le Brunn, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N D Brown at 1121 and J Coulter at 1131. The block, door by door
- 2
725 East 62nd Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- C A C Le Brun, a chief engineer at Star Laundry 1940
- Carolus F W Le Brun 1940
Next door in 1940: E H Hudson at 719 and J E Anderson at 731. The block, door by door
- 3
3841 West 31st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- G LeBrun, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Gregory at 3835 and T B Scott at 3849. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a chief engineer, a clerk and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Sunset 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Vivianne Le Brunn at 1125 Davie Street, on active service. C A C Le Brun is listed at 725 East 62nd 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 lists Carolus A C Le Brun there as the householder, a chief engineer at Star Laundry, with Carolus F W Le Brun.
G LeBrun is listed at 3841 West 31st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Le Brun there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.
Today
3841 West 31st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1934 by the City's record; 1125 Davie (1950) and 725 East 62nd (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Le Brunn Vivianne act serv1125 Davie, p. 341
- *Le Brun C A C725 East 62nd, p. 270
- Le Brun Carolus A C chf eng Star Lndy725 East 62nd, p. 341
- Le Brun Carolus F W725 East 62nd, p. 341
- *LeBrun G3841 West 31st, p. 247
- Le Brun Geo clk PO3841 West 31st, p. 341
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Le Bruns
Every directory, as one book
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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.