A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Villeneauves
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Villeneauve at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Villeneauves lived
- 1
110 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss J Villeneauve 1940
- Jean Villeneauve, a presser at the Sanitary Dry Cleaning & Dye Works 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Mason at 106 and 6 listings at 124. The block, door by door
- 2
23 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Joseph Villeneuve, a sorter at the CN Institute 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Heads at 21 and dodson hotel at 25. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a presser and a sorter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss J Villeneauve at 110 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jean Villeneauve there as the householder, a presser at the Sanitary Dry Cleaning & Dye Works. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Villeneuve at 23 East Hastings Street, a sorter at the CN Institute.
Today
The City no longer lists 110 East 8th and 23 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Villeneauve Miss J110 East 8th, p. 193
- Villeneauve Jean prsr Sanitary Dry Cleaning & Dye Wks110 East 8th, p. 634
- Villeneuve Jos sorter CN Inst23 East Hastings, p. 634
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Villeneauves
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Villeneauve name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.