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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lounsburys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Lounsbury at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Lounsburys 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

    1752 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Lounsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Wilson at 1750 and Mrs F Johnson at 1760. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2581 East 41st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J H Lounsbury, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E R Meredith at 2541. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4470 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Lounsbury, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H McIsaac at 4462. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1277 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Eva M Lounsbury, a maid for Mrs L F Maitland 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss O M Miller at 1263. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a fireman, a laborer and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 Mrs M Lounsbury at 1752 Davie Street. J H Lounsbury is listed at 2581 East 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John H Lounsbury there as the householder, a fireman.

G Lounsbury is listed at 4470 Prince Albert Street in 1940; 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 George Lounsbury there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Eva M Lounsbury at 1277 West 33rd Avenue, a maid for Mrs L F Maitland.

Today

1277 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 2581 East 41st (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1752 Davie and 4470 Prince Albert, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.