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A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Hunters

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Hunter at four addresses in 1940, all on West 32nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Hunters at 3537 West 32nd in 1940. The directories print the name on 118 other streets too, all listed on the Hunter name's own page.

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Where the Hunters lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3141 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L J Hunter, a foreman at Empress Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Helm at 3125 and L A Hobbs at 3157. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3537 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C Hunter, a mechanic 1940
    • Annie Hunter, widow of C 1940
    • Kate Hunter 1940
    • Mary M Hunter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W N Russ at 3523 and J Dornan at 3543. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3975 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R Hunter, a salesman at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Seeley at 3965 and R Lindsay at 3981. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4033 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L A Hunter, an agent at the Shell Oil Service Station 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Baird at 4047. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an agent, a foreman, a mechanic and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 L J Hunter at 3141 West 32nd 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 Lloyd J Hunter there as the householder, a foreman at Empress Manufacturing. In 1940 the directory lists C Hunter at 3537 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Hunter there as the householder, a mechanic, with Annie Hunter, widow of C, Kate Hunter, and Mary M Hunter.

In 1940 the directory lists R Hunter at 3975 West 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reid Hunter there as the householder, a salesman at Shell Oil. In 1940 the directory lists L A Hunter at 4033 West 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lloyd A Hunter there as the householder, an agent at the Shell Oil Service Station.

Today

3975 West 32nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 3537 West 32nd (1994) and 4033 West 32nd (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3141 West 32nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.