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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Le Messuriers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Le Messurier 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 Le Messuriers 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

    2211 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H S Le Messurier, a painter at Buckerfield's 1940
    • Gordon H Le Messurier, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: O W Ross at 2203 and J E Dahl at 2219. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1307 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs P Le Messurier 1940
    • May Le Messurier, an accountant at Pacific Lime 1940
  3. 3

    3895 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F W Le Messurier, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Edwards at 3889. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an accountant, a clerk, a laborer and a painter. Two of them worked for Buckerfield's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland 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

In 1940 the directory lists H S Le Messurier at 2211 Grant Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert S Le Messurier there as the householder, a painter at Buckerfield's, with Gordon H Le Messurier, a laborer at Buckerfield's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs P Le Messurier at 1307 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Phoebe Le Messurier there as the householder, with May Le Messurier, an accountant at Pacific Lime.

In 1940 the directory lists F W Le Messurier at 3895 West 18th Avenue; 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 Frederick W Le Messurier there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

Today

2211 Grant and 3895 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1307 Harwood (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.