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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Le Drews

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Le Drew at four 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. The most under one roof: three Le Drews at 5597 Kerr in 1940.

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Where the Le Drews 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

    1635 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H M Le Drew, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stewart at 1629 and T G Johnstone at 1649. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1721 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss M H Le Drew 1940
    • Mabel H Le Drew, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1701 and Mrs R Coulter at 1723. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5597 Kerr Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W A Le Drew, a fireman at the Union Steamship Company 1940
    • Beryl Le Drew, an operator at Family Service Laundry 1940
    • Florence Le Drew, a sausage maker at Canada Packers 1940
  4. 4

    3559 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Ernest T B Le Drew, a receiver at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hansen at 3553 and T C Viner at 3563. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a carpenter, a fireman, a machinist operator, an operator, a receiver and a sausage maker. Two of them worked for American Can.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 H M Le Drew at 1635 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Horace M Le Drew there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M H Le Drew at 1721 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists Mabel H Le Drew there as the householder, a machinist operator at American Can.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Le Drew at 5597 Kerr Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter A Le Drew there as the householder, a fireman at the Union Steamship Company, with Beryl Le Drew, an operator at Family Service Laundry, and Florence Le Drew, a sausage maker at Canada Packers. The 1940 name section lists Ernest T B Le Drew at 3559 West 23rd Avenue, a receiver at American Can.

Today

1721 Grant still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1635 Adanac (1966), 5597 Kerr (1965) and 3559 West 23rd (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

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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.