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A family name on Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Kerrisdale

The Dunns

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Dunn at two addresses in 1940, all on Blenheim Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Dunns at 2218 Blenheim in 1940. The directories print the name on 51 other streets too, all listed on the Dunn name's own page.

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Where the Dunns 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

    2218 Blenheim Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M C Dunn 1940
    • Doug H Dunn, a cashier at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
    • Phyllis M Dunn 1940

    Next door in 1940: P F Drake at 2216 and Mrs M Henry at 2220. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5970 Blenheim Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Rev Dunn 1940
    • Rev Alex Dunn, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H M McLaren at 5950. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a cashier.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 M C Dunn at 2218 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Mary C Dunn there as the householder, with Doug H Dunn, a cashier at the Vancouver Hotel, and Phyllis M Dunn. In 1940 the directory lists Rev Dunn at 5970 Blenheim 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 Rev Alex Dunn there as the householder, retired.

Today

5970 Blenheim still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2218 Blenheim, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Dunns

Every directory, as one book

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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.