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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lovegroves

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Lovegrove at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Lovegroves 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

    1040 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harold C Lovegrove, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Nixon at 1036 and Mrs L Savage at 1048. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1234 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • N L Lovegrove 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Hoy at 1222 and Mrs E M Adams at 1240. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3265 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Lovegrove, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Brook at 3253 and K Campbell at 3267. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2948 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • N R Lovegrove, who ran a service station & garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Will at 2940 and H Pigott at 2954. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a seaman and a service station.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and West End (2). 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 Harold C Lovegrove at 1040 Barclay Street, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service. N L Lovegrove is listed at 1234 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists N L Lovegrove there as the householder.

H Lovegrove is listed at 3265 West 23rd 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 Henry Lovegrove there as the householder, retired. N R Lovegrove is listed at 2948 West 32nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman R Lovegrove there as the householder, who ran a service station & garage.

Today

3265 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 2948 West 32nd (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1234 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 1040 Barclay, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Lovegroves

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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.