A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 15th 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
1550 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss I M Dunn 1940
- Irene M Dunn, a bookkeeper at Turnbull Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: exeter apts at 1540 and mount royal apts at 1590. The block, door by door
- 2
4534 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A C Dunn, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: C L Watts at 4528. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bookkeeper and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 Miss I M Dunn at 1550 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Irene M Dunn there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Turnbull Bros. In 1940 the directory lists A C Dunn at 4534 West 15th 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 lists Andrew C Dunn there as the householder, on active service.
Today
1550 West 15th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4534 West 15th, so that building is 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.
- Dunn Miss I M1550 West 15th, p. 220
- Dunn Irene M bkpr Turnbull Bros1550 West 15th, p. 173
- *Dunn A C4534 West 15th, p. 221
- Dunn Andw C act serv4534 West 15th, 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.