A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Le Pores
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Le Pore at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Le Pores lived
- 1
1566 East 4th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs A Le Pore, widow of J 1940
- Frank Le Pore, a millworker at Hammond's 1940
Next door in 1940: R Wallace at 1560 and H A Copley at 1576. The block, door by door
- 2
523 Rupert Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A J Le Pore, a millworker at Hammond's 1940
Next door in 1940: C V Kilbank at 517. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a millworker (2). Two of them worked for Hammond's. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs A Le Pore at 1566 East 4th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Agnes Le Pore there as the householder, widow of J, with Frank Le Pore, a millworker at Hammond's. In 1940 the directory lists A J Le Pore at 523 Rupert Street. The 1940 name section lists Anthony J Le Pore there as the householder, a millworker at Hammond's.
Today
523 Rupert (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1566 East 4th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Le Pore Mrs A1566 East 4th, p. 180
- Le Pore Agnes wid J prop Grandview Dancing Academy1566 East 4th, p. 345
- Le Pore Frank mlwkr Hammond's1566 East 4th, p. 345
- Le Pore A J523 Rupert, p. 145
- Le Pore Anthony J mlwkr Hammond's523 Rupert, p. 345
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Le Pores
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.