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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Le Quieas

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Le Quiea at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Lequiea. 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 Quieas at 852 Nicola in 1940.

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Where the Le Quieas lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Juliette Le Quiea, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1469 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Lequiea, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Webb at 1463 and A J Nemrava at 1475. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    956 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E W Le Quiea, a trainman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Kermode at 950 and G W Hopper at 976. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    852 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss S I Le Quiea 1940
    • Sally I Le Quiea, a nurse for Dr H H Milburn 1940
    • Leona Le Quiea, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wiltshire at 814. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a nurse (3) and a trainman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and West End (2). 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 Juliette Le Quiea at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. J Lequiea is listed at 1469 East 11th Avenue in 1940; 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 Joseph Le Quiea there as the householder, retired.

E W Le Quiea is listed at 956 East 23rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists E Wilfred Le Quiea there as the householder, a trainman. Miss S I Le Quiea is listed at 852 Nicola Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sally I Le Quiea there as the householder, a nurse for Dr H H Milburn, with Leona Le Quiea, a nurse.

Today

852 Nicola still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 1469 East 11th (1985) and 956 East 23rd (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Le Quieas

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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.