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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Le Fevres

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Le Fevre at six 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 Le Fevres 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

    823 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Henrietta A Lefevre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S M Mullin at 821 and A Foden at 825. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1169 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Annie Lefevre, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Benson at 1167. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    177 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Emil Lefevre, a bridgeman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Johnson at 175 and Pool Room Hastings at 179. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1112 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Lefevre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss Clark at 1116. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1115 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W T Le Fevre, proprietor of Green Parrot 1940
  6. 6

    1190 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edmund LeFeuvre, a farmer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Coupar at 1184. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a bridgeman, a clerk, a farmer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), West End (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Henrietta A Lefevre at 823 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section lists Annie Lefevre at 1169 Comox Street, a clerk at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Emil Lefevre at 177 East Hastings Street, a bridgeman. The 1940 name section lists John Lefevre at 1112 Hornby Street.

In 1940 the directory lists W T Le Fevre at 1115 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists William T Lefevre there as the householder, proprietor of Green Parrot. The 1940 name section lists Edmund LeFeuvre at 1190 West Hastings Street, a farmer.

Today

823 Broughton and 177 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1169 Comox, 1112 Hornby, 1115 Kingsway and 1190 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway
1913 People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway. Not at the house at 1115 Kingsway: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-2294. Public domain.

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 Le Fevres

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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.