A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The le Nobels
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named le Nobel at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Le Nobel. 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 Nobels lived
- 1
6242 Balsam Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J W le Nobel, a mushroom grower 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Waite at 6206 and H Gorton at 6258. The block, door by door
- 2
2625 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- T Le Nobel, a salesman at Smith & Hutton 1940
- Ann Le Nobel, a stenographer at Boultbee 1940
- 3
5002 Highgate Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- H le Nobel, a driver for W T Money 1940
Next door in 1940: J MacLennan at 5010. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a driver, a mushroom grower, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kerrisdale 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 J W le Nobel at 6242 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James W Le Nobel there as the householder, a mushroom grower. In 1940 the directory lists T Le Nobel at 2625 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists Theo Le Nobel there as the householder, a salesman at Smith & Hutton, with Ann Le Nobel, a stenographer at Boultbee.
In 1940 the directory lists H le Nobel at 5002 Highgate Street; 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 Henry Le Nobel there as the householder, a driver for W T Money.
Today
2625 Hemlock still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 5002 Highgate (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6242 Balsam, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- le Nobel J W6242 Balsam, p. 8
- Le Nobel Jas W mushroom grower6242 Balsam, p. 345
- Le Nobel T2625 Hemlock, p. 83
- Le Nobel Ann sten Boultbee2625 Hemlock, p. 345
- Le Nobel Theo slsmn Smith & Hutton2625 Hemlock, p. 345
- *le Nobel H5002 Highgate, p. 84
- Le Nobel Henry drvr W T Money5002 Highgate, p. 345
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.