A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Gunnings
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Gunning 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.
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Where the Gunnings lived
- 1
5416 Laburnum Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- B H Gunning, a director at Pemberton & Son 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Cummins at 5450. The block, door by door
- 2
4069 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- H C Gunning, a professor at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: G Wilson at 4065 and J Conway at 4077. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a director and a professor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy 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 B H Gunning at 5416 Laburnum 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 Basil H Gunning there as the householder, a director at Pemberton & Son. In 1940 the directory lists H C Gunning at 4069 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Henry C Gunning there as the householder, a professor at UBC.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Gunning at 3600 West 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Gunning there as the householder, widow of S.
Today
5416 Laburnum, 4069 West 14th and 3600 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gunning B H5416 Laburnum, p. 100
- Gunning Basil H dir Pemberton & Son5416 Laburnum, p. 244
- Gunning H C4069 West 14th, p. 217
- Gunning Henry C prof UBC4069 West 14th, p. 244
- Gunning Mrs M3600 West 27th, p. 242
- Gunning Margt wid S3600 West 27th, p. 244
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gunnings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gunning 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.