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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Leppers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Lepper 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.

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Where the Leppers 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

    886 East 63rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F R Lepper 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Macormack at 876. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5928 Lincoln Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • D J D Lepper, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Grant at 5910 and A D J Manning at 5946. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1128 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs A M Lepper, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Zubal at 1118 and Mrs H Dibden at 1132. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2125 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • L A Lepper, a postman 1940
    • Lewis R Lepper, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Keill at 2117 and C C Black at 2135. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an engineer and a postman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Killarney, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 F R Lepper at 886 East 63rd Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick R Lepper there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists D J D Lepper at 5928 Lincoln Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don J G Lepper there as the householder, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Lepper at 1128 Union Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alice M Lepper there as the householder, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists L A Lepper at 2125 West 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lewis A Lepper there as the householder, a postman, with Lewis R Lepper, retired.

Today

2125 West 45th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; 5928 Lincoln (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 886 East 63rd and 1128 Union, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Leppers

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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.