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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leblancs

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Leblanc at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Leblancs at 1009 West 10th in 1940.

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Where the Leblancs 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

    530 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Elva M Le Blanc, a maid at the Belmont Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Barker at 522 and Mrs M I Fraser at 536. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    873 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Bernard Le Blanc, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Harding at 869 and Community Centre Ukranian at 875. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8132 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • E L Leblanc 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Robertson at 8180. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E Leblanc 1940
    • Emile R Le Blanc, a student 1940
    • Renee Le Blanc, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a maid and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Marpole, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 Mrs Elva M Le Blanc at 530 East 8th Avenue, a maid at the Belmont Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Bernard Le Blanc at 873 East Hastings Street, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists E L Leblanc at 8132 Shaughnessy Street; 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 E Louis Le Blanc there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Leblanc at 1009 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Emile Le Blanc there as the householder, with Emile R Le Blanc, a student, and Renee Le Blanc, a student.

Today

1009 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 8132 Shaughnessy (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 530 East 8th and 873 East Hastings, so those buildings are 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 Leblancs

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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.