A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kuntzes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Kuntz at two addresses in 1940 in Mount Pleasant. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Kuntzes lived
- 1
749 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- P M Kuntz, a laborer 1940
- Kath Kuntz 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Hutchison at 743 and T Bailey at 755. The block, door by door
- 2
33 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John Kuntz, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Scott at 27 and H A Jewitt at 45. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 P M Kuntz at 749 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Peter M Kuntz there as the householder, a laborer, with Kath Kuntz. The 1940 name section lists John Kuntz at 33 West 14th Avenue, retired.
Today
749 East 15th and 33 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kuntz P M749 East 15th, p. 218
- Kuntz Kath749 East 15th, p. 331
- Kuntz Peter M lab749 East 15th, p. 331
- Kuntz John retired33 West 14th, p. 331
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kuntzes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kuntz 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.