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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dunses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Duns 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: three Dunses at 2948 West 41st in 1940.

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Where the Dunses 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

    5457 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G C Duns, a chief operator at the CN Telegraphs 1940
    • Donna A Duns, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Keene at 5445 and A G Mercer at 5495. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1425 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Duns, an insurance agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: S H Phillips at 1455. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2948 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • R C Duns, a secretary-treasurer for T C Morgan 1940
    • Irene W Duns, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Nancy S Duns, a stenographer at the Provincial Board of Health BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Atterbury at 2942 and F Plant at 2956. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a stenographer (2), a chief operator, an insurance agent, an operator and a secretary-treasurer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview and Kerrisdale. 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 C Duns at 5457 Trafalgar 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George C Duns there as the householder, a chief operator at the CN Telegraphs, with Donna A Duns, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists J Duns at 1425 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Duns there as the householder, an insurance agent.

In 1940 the directory lists R C Duns at 2948 West 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Duns there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer for T C Morgan, with Irene W Duns, an operator at the BC Telephone, and Nancy S Duns, a stenographer at the Provincial Board of Health BC Government.

Today

1425 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 5457 Trafalgar (1956) and 2948 West 41st (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Dunses

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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.