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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Le Roys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Le Roy at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling LeRoy. 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 Roys 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

    2871 East 15th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D S LeRoy, an operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Bliss at 2855. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    253 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Norman Le Roy, a laborer at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Bender at 241 and H A Uren at 259. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1295 Renfrew Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J W W Le Roy 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Crossley at 1283. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2185 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Winifred Le Roy, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: T P Milner at 2183 and Sunflower Dairy & Delctsn at 2189. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Le Roy (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1121 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Rita Le Roy, a fountain dispatcher for Palomar Ballroom 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Trestain at 1119 and Lil-Li-Bet at 1123. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a fountain dispatcher, a laborer and an operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 D S LeRoy at 2871 East 15th 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 David S Le Roy there as the householder, an operator. The 1940 name section lists Norman Le Roy at 253 East 32nd Avenue, a laborer at American Can. J W W Le Roy is listed at 1295 Renfrew Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

The 1940 name section lists Winifred Le Roy at 2185 West 41st Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Le Roy (no first name printed) at 1025 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Rita Le Roy at 1121 West Pender Street, a fountain dispatcher for Palomar Ballroom.

Today

2871 East 15th (1990) and 253 East 32nd (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1295 Renfrew, 2185 West 41st, 1025 West Pender and 1121 West Pender, so those buildings are 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.
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.