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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cunninghams

In the city directories 1940 · 54 addresses on 44 streets

The directories print the Cunningham name at 54 addresses on 44 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Cunninghams lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown8 addresses
  2. West End7 addresses
  3. Riley Park6 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  5. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  6. Kitsilano5 addresses
  7. Fairview3 addresses
  8. Marpole3 addresses
  9. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  10. West Point Grey2 addresses
  11. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  12. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  14. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  15. Shaughnessy1 address
  16. South Cambie1 address
  17. Strathcona1 address
  18. Sunset1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Bute StreetFour addresses in Downtown and West End; five people: Elizabeth Cunningham, Ella Cunningham and Miss Cunningham, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    Main StreetThree addresses in Riley Park; four people: A Cunningham, A Cunningham and D confectioner Cunningham, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    Adanac StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; four people: Mrs R A Cunningham, A Cunningham and James A Cunningham, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Osler StreetTwo addresses in Marpole; two people: W J M Cunningham and D G Cunningham
    1940
  5. 5
    Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: F W Cunningham and Mary Cunningham
    1940
  6. 6
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: W J Cunningham, J Cunningham and Thomas K Cunningham
    1940
  7. 7
    West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; five people: Mrs I I Cunningham, G M Cunningham and George B Cunningham, and two more
    1940
  8. 8
    Arbutus StreetOne address in Arbutus Ridge; one person: John J Cunningham
    1940
  9. 9
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: William Cunningham
    1940
  10. 10
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: J Cunningham
    1940
  11. 11
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: George M Cunningham
    1940
  12. 12
    Cardero StreetOne address in West End; one person: Maude Cunningham
    1940

32 more streets, by name: Clark Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Cypress Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Granville Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Powell Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Robson Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 54 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, 15 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 23; each street's page names them.

The book of the Cunninghams

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Cunningham 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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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under C. Want a name removed? Tell us.