A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Le Sages
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Le Sage at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Lesage and LeSage. 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 Sages lived
- 1
3109 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- N Le Sage, of Morton Clarke & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Sudbury at 3119. The block, door by door
- 2
998 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- W J Lesage, a president at Clark Fruit and O Brown & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door
- 3
1800 West 4th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- E F LeSage, in drugs 1940
Next door in 1940: S W Cartledge at 1802. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists N Le Sage at 3109 Point Grey Road; 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 Norman J Le Sage there as the householder, of Morton Clarke & Co. In 1940 the directory lists W J Lesage at 998 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists William J Le Sage there as the householder, a president at Clark Fruit and O Brown & Co.
In 1940 the directory lists E F LeSage, in drugs, at 1800 West 4th Avenue.
Today
3109 Point Grey Road and 998 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1800 West 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 Sage N3109 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Le Sage Norman J of Morton Clarke & Co3109 Point Grey Road, p. 346
- Lesage W J998 Thurlow, p. 156
- Le Sage Wm J pres Clark Fruit and O Brown & Co998 Thurlow, p. 346
- LeSage E F drugs1800 West 4th, p. 181
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Le Sages
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Le Sage name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.