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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Miquelons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Miquelon at three 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 Miquelons 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

    890 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lorraine Miquelon, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Robinson at 886. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2044 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J E Miquelon, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Penoson at 2038 and L Lloyd at 2056. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2112 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E G Miquelon, a salesman at Turner's Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Corson at 2104 and R E Brown at 2118. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a salesman (2) and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) 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 Lorraine Miquelon at 890 Broughton Street, a stenographer. J E Miquelon is listed at 2044 East 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph E Miquelon there as the householder, a salesman.

E G Miquelon is listed at 2112 East 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elton G Miquelon there as the householder, a salesman at Turner's Dairy.

Today

890 Broughton (1987), 2044 East 13th (1983) and 2112 East 13th (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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 Miquelons

Every directory, as one book

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.