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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Le Vasseurs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Le Vasseur at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Levasseur. 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 Vasseurs 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

    344 Kingsway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Levasseur, a meat cutter 1940
    • Norman Le Vasseur, a helper at Famous Foods 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Snook at 338 and Carmichael Motor Supp at 350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3115 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M Le Vasseur, a foreman at Western Soap 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hipwell at 3105 and W Angus at 3127. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a foreman, a helper and a meat cutter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 Levasseur at 344 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Le Vasseur there as the householder, a meat cutter, with Norman Le Vasseur, a helper at Famous Foods. In 1940 the directory lists M Le Vasseur at 3115 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Mack Le Vasseur there as the householder, a foreman at Western Soap.

Today

3115 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 344 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Kingsway south-east of 12th Avenue, seen from the front garden of 396 Kingsway
About 1916 Kingsway south-east of 12th Avenue, seen from the front garden of 396 Kingsway. Taken on the 300 block; it doesn't single out the house at 344 Kingsway. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 317-2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.