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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Caunts

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Caunt 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 Caunts 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

    2545 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C J Caunt, a chef at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: S S Donald at 2543 and T Whitehead at 2547. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2446 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • O G Caunt, a mechanic at Stonehouse Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G MacLaren at 2436 and R O Morrison at 2454. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2030 West 46th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H Caunt, a silversmith at Acme Plating & Silver Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Colquhoun at 2022 and O S Peele at 2038. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a chef, a mechanic and a silversmith.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 C J Caunt at 2545 Turner Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles J Caunt there as the householder, a chef at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club. In 1940 the directory lists O G Caunt at 2446 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Oscar G Caunt there as the householder, a mechanic at Stonehouse Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists H Caunt at 2030 West 46th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hubert Caunt there as the householder, a silversmith at Acme Plating & Silver Shop.

Today

2446 West 13th and 2030 West 46th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2545 Turner (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.