A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Duncans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Duncan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd Avenue. 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 81 other streets too, all listed on the Duncan name's own page.
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Where the Duncans lived
- 1
1915 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G D Duncan, a dairy man at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: D G McFee at 1905 and C Eder at 1917. The block, door by door
- 2
2335 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Ella Duncan, widow of N 1940
- Ian Duncan, a station attendant at the United Air Lines 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Scouse at 2325 and Mrs B Minkie at 2345. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dairy man and a station attendant. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 G D Duncan at 1915 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George D Duncan there as the householder, a dairy man at Associated Dairies. The 1940 name section lists Ella Duncan at 2335 West 2nd Avenue, widow of N, with Ian Duncan, a station attendant at the United Air Lines.
Today
The City no longer lists 1915 West 2nd and 2335 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Duncan G D1915 West 2nd, p. 176
- Duncan Geo D dairy mn Assoc Dairies1915 West 2nd, p. 172
- Duncan Ella wid N2335 West 2nd, p. 172
- Duncan Ian sta atdt United Air Lines2335 West 2nd, p. 172
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Duncans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Duncan 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.