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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leggs

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Legg at eight addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Leggs lived

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

    1146 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Evangeline Legg, a stenographer for N C Levin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rosedale at 1112 and D Kinnerd at 1160. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1306 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E Legg, widow of E 1940
    • Eva Legg, a saleswoman at United Cigar Stores 1940
  3. 3

    1945 East 37th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Legg, retired 1940
    • William G Legg, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Gollner at 1925 and R G Cobbold at 1965. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2640 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs A M Legg, widow of W H 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 2624 and Mrs A Dourasoff at 2652. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    801 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Agnes C Legg, widow of O 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A D Binns at 807. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2724 Horley Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • O W Legg, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Street at 2714 and J Boyd at 2728. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    111 Kootenay Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W H Legg, a janitor at the Sun 1940
  8. 8

    3835 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • William C Legg, a boatman at the National Harbours Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Schultz at 3829 and C B Casselman at 3841. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a blacksmith, a boatman, a janitor, a salesman, a saleswoman and a stenographer. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), West End (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Evangeline Legg at 1146 Broughton Street, a stenographer for N C Levin. Miss E Legg is listed at 1306 Cardero Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eva Legg there as the householder, a saleswoman at United Cigar Stores, with Elizabeth Legg, widow of E.

T Legg is listed at 1945 East 37th 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 Thomas Legg there as the householder, retired, with William G Legg, a salesman. Mrs A M Legg is listed at 2640 Franklin Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ada M Legg there as the householder, widow of W H.

The 1940 name section lists Agnes C Legg at 801 Helmcken Street, widow of O. In 1940 the directory lists O W Legg at 2724 Horley Street. The 1940 name section lists Owen W Legg there as the householder, a blacksmith.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Legg at 111 Kootenay Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Legg there as the householder, a janitor at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists William C Legg at 3835 West 18th Avenue, a boatman at the National Harbours Board.

Today

2724 Horley, 111 Kootenay and 3835 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1306 Cardero (1957) and 1945 East 37th (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1146 Broughton, 2640 Franklin and 801 Helmcken, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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 Leggs

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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.