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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rondeaus

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Rondeau at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Rondeaus 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

    761 East 16th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Annella Rondeau 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Soane at 755. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1436 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • I Rondeau, proprietor of Atlas Floor Surfacing 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Benson at 1404 and Ironside J G Co at 1442. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3443 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J C Rondeau, in floors 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D Swan at 3421 and Main Auto Pntrs at 3445. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a floors and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 Mrs Annella Rondeau at 761 East 16th Avenue. I Rondeau is listed at 1436 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Isidore J C Rondeau there as the householder, proprietor of Atlas Floor Surfacing.

J C Rondeau, in floors, is listed at 3443 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J C Rondeau there, in floors.

Today

The City no longer lists 761 East 16th, 1436 Kingsway and 3443 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway
1913 People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway. Not at the house at 1436 Kingsway: no archive photo of the 1400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-2294. Public domain.

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 Rondeaus

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.