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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Liptrots

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Liptrot at five 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 Liptrots 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

    259 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Liptrot, an arm winder at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Gauld at 253. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1353 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Liptrot, a yard foreman at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940
    • Reginald J Liptrot, a clerk at Johnston National Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Westwode at 1349 and O Paddick at 1379. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    416 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M A Liptrot, widow of L 1940
    • Walter Liptrot 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Bowie at 404 and Miss N B Merrill at 430. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Liptrot 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4592 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Margaret Liptrot, a housekeeper for S T Creelman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Shobrook at 4588. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an arm winder, a clerk, a housekeeper and a yard foreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and West Point Grey. 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 W Liptrot at 259 East 13th 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 William Liptrot there as the householder, an arm winder at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J Liptrot at 1353 East 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Liptrot there as the householder, a yard foreman at the Vancouver Parks Board, with Reginald J Liptrot, a clerk at Johnston National Storage.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Liptrot at 416 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Margaret A Liptrot there as the householder, widow of L, with Walter Liptrot. The 1940 name section lists W Liptrot at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Liptrot at 4592 West 2nd Avenue, a housekeeper for S T Creelman.

Today

4592 West 2nd (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 259 East 13th, 1353 East 1st, 416 East 7th and 123 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.