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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cluneses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Clunes at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Cluness. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Cluneses at 342 West 20th in 1940.

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Where the Cluneses lived

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

    3432 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs C Clunes 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Jewitt at 3434. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    342 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs F G Cluness 1940
    • Frederick G Cluness, a carpenter 1940
    • Joanne Cluness, a stenographer 1940
    • Margaret Cluness, widow of A J 1940

    Next door in 1940: P D Edward at 352. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1438 West 37th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Isobel L Clunes, a stenographer for A Murray 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Mitchell at 1408 and H N MacCorkindale at 1450. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a stenographer (2) and a carpenter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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 C Clunes at 3432 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 Mrs Cath Clunes there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F G Cluness at 342 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Cluness there as the householder, a carpenter, with Joanne Cluness, a stenographer, and Margaret Cluness, widow of A J.

The 1940 name section lists Isobel L Clunes at 1438 West 37th Avenue, a stenographer for A Murray.

Today

342 West 20th and 1438 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3432 Turner (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.