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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leggats

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Leggat at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Leggatt. 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 Leggats 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

    1380 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • John Leggat, a telegraph operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Laing at 1360 and F Harrison at 1386. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    227 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J N Leggatt, a sales representative at Grinnell Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Nicol at 217 and H W Knight at 261. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2356 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D Leggat 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Clark at 2344 and Mrs G A Morehouse at 2366. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a sales representative and a telegraph operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Riley Park and West End. 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 John Leggat at 1380 Thurlow Street, a telegraph operator. J N Leggatt is listed at 227 West 19th 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 John N Leggatt there as the householder, a sales representative at Grinnell Co.

D Leggat is listed at 2356 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Leggat there as the householder.

Today

1380 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 227 West 19th (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2356 West 8th, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Leggats

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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.