A family name on East 28th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Dunns
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Dunn at two addresses in 1940, all on East 28th 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 51 other streets too, all listed on the Dunn name's own page.
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Where the Dunns lived
- 1
2535 East 28th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- C A Dunn, a grinder 1940
Next door in 1940: H Child at 2511 and W H DeMore at 2539. The block, door by door
- 2
2914 East 28th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Mrs A K Dunn, widow of A H 1940
- Orlando Dunn 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Nelson at 2910 and D Ellison at 2920. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a grinder. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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 C A Dunn, a grinder, at 2535 East 28th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles A Dunn there as the householder, a grinder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A K Dunn at 2914 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Annie K Dunn there, widow of A H, with Orlando Dunn.
Today
2535 East 28th (1975) and 2914 East 28th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Dunn C A grinder2535 East 28th, p. 243
- Dunn Chas A grinder2535 East 28th, p. 173
- *Dunn Mrs A K2914 East 28th, p. 243
- Dunn Annie K wid A H2914 East 28th, p. 173
- Dunn Orlando2914 East 28th, p. 173
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Dunns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dunn 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.