A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cunningses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Cunnings at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Cunningses lived
- 1
3372 Church Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- L H Cunnings, an attendant at the Pender Hornby Service Station 1940
Next door in 1940: A Scott at 3358. The block, door by door
- 2
2026 Macdonald Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- C H Cunnings, a baker & grocer 1940
Next door in 1940: D J Martin at 2038. The block, door by door
- 3
2828 West 4th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- C H Cunnings, a baker 1940
Next door in 1940: miriam (the) at 2868. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an attendant and a baker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 L H Cunnings at 3372 Church Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leslie H Cunnings there as the householder, an attendant at the Pender Hornby Service Station. In 1940 the directory lists C H Cunnings at 2026 Macdonald Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Cunnings there as the householder, a baker & grocer.
In 1940 the directory lists C H Cunnings, a baker, at 2828 West 4th Avenue.
Today
3372 Church and 2026 Macdonald still have their buildings from before 1946, 2026 Macdonald on the Vancouver Heritage Register; for 2828 West 4th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cunnings L H3372 Church, p. 30
- Cunnings Leslie H atdt Pender Hornby Serv Sta3372 Church, p. 144
- Cunnings C H2026 Macdonald, p. 105
- Cunnings Chas H baker & gro 2828 W 42026 Macdonald, p. 144
- Cunnings C H baker2828 West 4th, p. 182
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cunningses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cunnings 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: 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.