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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mons

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Mon at ten addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Moon. 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 Mons at 6641 Cypress in 1940.

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Where the Mons 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

    823 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Joseph C Moon, a sales manager at Brown, Fraser 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S M Mullin at 821 and A Foden at 825. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2025 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J M Moon, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
  3. 3

    6641 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Miss A G Moon 1940
    • Annie G Moon, a department manager at Famous 1940
    • Lucy R Moon, a saleswoman at Saba Bros 1940
    • Minnie E Moon 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Le Neven at 6625 and J S MacMillan at 6657. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    169 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Moon, a cleaner at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H P Davy at 155 and J McEachern at 181. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    670 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Elsie Moon, proprietor of Court Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 666 and Central Mkt at 672. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    137 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Fa Mon, in printers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kwong Yee Lung Co at 135 and Ah Chew Rooms at 139. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    212 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sun Mon, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Won Sir Ching at 210 and Kee Sing at 214. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    753 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Myer Moon, an upholsterer for N Nelson 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Isomura at 747 and J Tanaka at 755. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1760 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Chow York Mon, proprietor of Kitsilano Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: B J Gerwing at 1752 and “Orientals” at 1762. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    9 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Kee Mon, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fong Lai at 7 and Wo Tong On at 11. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 13: a proprietor (2), a barber, a cleaner, a clerk, a confectioner and a department manager, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Strathcona (2), Fairview, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph C Moon at 823 Broughton Street, a sales manager at Brown, Fraser. J M Moon is listed at 2025 Cornwall Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John M Moon there as the householder, a clerk at the Royal Bank.

Miss A G Moon is listed at 6641 Cypress 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 Annie G Moon there as the householder, a department manager at Famous, with Lucy R Moon, a saleswoman at Saba Bros, and Minnie E Moon. J Moon is listed at 169 East 22nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Moon there as the householder, a cleaner at the Hudson's Bay Company.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elsie Moon at 670 East Broadway, proprietor of Court Confectionery. In 1940 the directory lists Fa Mon, in printers, at 137 East Pender Street. Sun Mon, a barber, is listed at 212 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sun Mon there, a barber.

The 1940 name section lists Myer Moon at 753 Powell Street, an upholsterer for N Nelson. The 1940 name section lists Chow York Mon at 1760 West 3rd Avenue, proprietor of Kitsilano Laundry. Kee Mon, a confectioner, is listed at 9 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kee Mon there, a confectioner.

Today

823 Broughton and 2025 Cornwall still have their buildings from before 1946; 169 East 22nd (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6641 Cypress, 670 East Broadway, 137 East Pender, 212 East Pender, 753 Powell, 1760 West 3rd and 9 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Mons

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.