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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leggetts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Leggett at six 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 Leggetts lived

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

    4450 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Jeanne Leggett, a maid for A M J English 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Wark at 4430 and G E Little at 4470. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6941 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W F Leggett 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Dickson at 6929 and O P Williams at 6959. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    643 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Martha Leggett, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Leviolette at 637 and W Frisken at 663. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3641 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A S Leggett 1940
    • Elizabeth Leggett 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Biswanger at 3635 and H Sharpe at 3649. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3506 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C W Leggett, a machinist at Boeings 1940
    • John Leggett, a mechanic for K Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: K H Gostick at 3512. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    920 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Jack Leggett, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McD McLaren at 916 and E F Cameron at 924. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a machinist, a maid and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy, South Cambie and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Jeanne Leggett at 4450 Angus Drive, a maid for A M J English. W F Leggett is listed at 6941 Beatrice Street 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 William F Leggett there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Martha Leggett at 643 East 14th Avenue, widow of J.

In 1940 the directory lists A S Leggett at 3641 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Angus S Leggett there as the householder, with Elizabeth Leggett. In 1940 the directory lists C W Leggett at 3506 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Leggett there as the householder, a machinist at Boeings, with John Leggett, a mechanic for K Henderson.

The 1940 name section lists Jack Leggett at 920 West 17th Avenue, retired.

Today

4450 Angus Drive, 643 East 14th, 3506 Point Grey Road and 920 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946, 920 West 17th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6941 Beatrice (1964) and 3641 East Georgia (1966) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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.