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The Buntings

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Bunting at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Buntings lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    7742 Montcalm Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs N B Bunting, widow of C R 1940
    • Elsa M Bunting, a stenographer at the Vancouver Machinery Depot 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J S Johnson at 7726 and R S Thompson at 7758. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1813 Morton Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret Bunting 1940

    Next door in 1940: English Bay Shoe Repreg at 1807 and S Bozman at 1835. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1221 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Peggy Bunting 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Francis at 1201 and M A Thompson at 1243. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5037 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Ernest I Bunting 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 5021 and W T Mullan at 5051. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1109 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • T Bunting, a manager at Mendo-Ortholine Lab 1940
    • Ken G Bunting, an evangelist 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Hourigan at 1111. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3742 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C R Bunting, a draftsman at BC Underwriters 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Charlesworth at 3726. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4645 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W N Bunting, a president at W N Bunting Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Hewer at 4635 and J Gray at 4649. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a draftsman, an evangelist, a manager, a president and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Marpole, Riley Park 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 Mrs N B Bunting at 7742 Montcalm Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nellie B Bunting there as the householder, widow of C R, with Elsa M Bunting, a stenographer at the Vancouver Machinery Depot. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Bunting at 1813 Morton Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Peggy Bunting at 1221 Pendrell Street.

The 1940 name section lists Ernest I Bunting at 5037 Quebec Street. T Bunting is listed at 1109 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Bunting there as the householder, a manager at Mendo-Ortholine Lab, with Ken G Bunting, an evangelist.

C R Bunting is listed at 3742 West 35th 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 Charles R Bunting there as the householder, a draftsman at BC Underwriters. W N Bunting is listed at 4645 West 9th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William N Bunting there as the householder, a president at W N Bunting Ltd.

Today

3742 West 35th (2005) and 4645 West 9th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 7742 Montcalm, 1813 Morton, 1221 Pendrell, 5037 Quebec and 1109 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.