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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dunmores

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Dunmore at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Dunmores at 2055 West 14th in 1940.

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Where the Dunmores lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5388 Laburnum Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mary Dunmore, widow of H H 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Johnson at 5362. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2055 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A B Dunmore, widow of W H 1940
    • Alma L Dunmore, a school teacher at N Vancouver City 1940
    • Mary H Dunmore, a school teacher 1940
    • Mildred A Dunmore, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Innes at 2045 and H D Busby at 2063. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3949 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R W Dunmore, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Whyte at 3937 and W Souter at 3959. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a school teacher (2), a bookkeeper and a clerk. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Dunmore at 5388 Laburnum Street, widow of H H. Mrs A B Dunmore is listed at 2055 West 14th Avenue in 1940; 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 Alma B Dunmore there as the householder, widow of W H, with Alma L Dunmore, a school teacher at N Vancouver City, Mary H Dunmore, a school teacher, and Mildred A Dunmore, a bookkeeper.

R W Dunmore is listed at 3949 West 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists R William Dunmore there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

Today

5388 Laburnum, 2055 West 14th and 3949 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2055 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Dunmores

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.