A family name on Adanac Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The Cunninghams
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Cunningham at two addresses in 1940, all on Adanac Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 43 other streets too, all listed on the Cunningham name's own page.
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Where the Cunninghams lived
- 1
2541 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs R A Cunningham, widow of E 1940
- Joseph Cunningham, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: J Jenkins at 2537 and Mrs H Haksi at 2545. The block, door by door
- 2
2708 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Cunningham 1940
- James A Cunningham 1940
Next door in 1940: N Campbell at 2716. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a seaman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 R A Cunningham at 2541 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rose A Cunningham there as the householder, widow of E, with Joseph Cunningham, a seaman.
In August 1921 A Cunningham took out the permit to build a house at 2708 Adanac Street. In 1940 the directory lists A Cunningham at 2708 Adanac 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 lists James A Cunningham there.
Today
2541 Adanac and 2708 Adanac still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cunningham Mrs R A2541 Adanac, p. 2
- Cunningham Jos seamn2541 Adanac, p. 143
- Cunningham Rose A wid E2541 Adanac, p. 143
- *Cunningham A2708 Adanac, p. 2
- Cunningham Jas A2708 Adanac, p. 143
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.