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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mumfords

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Mumford 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. The most under one roof: four Mumfords at 7292 Prince Edward in 1940.

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Where the Mumfords 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

    2294 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Miss A B Mumford 1940
    • Annie B Mumford, a domestic 1940
  2. 2

    3636 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Mumford 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Matser at 3634 and Main Shoe Repres at 3638. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7292 Prince Edward Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Mumford, a gardener 1940
    • Ella Mumford, a clerk 1940
    • Harry Mumford, a helper at Vancouver S & D 1940
    • Phyllis I Mumford, a domestic 1940
  4. 4

    792 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Mumford, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Erickson at 782. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a domestic (2), a clerk, a fireman, a gardener and a helper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 Miss A B Mumford at 2294 East 14th 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 Annie B Mumford there as the householder, a domestic. In 1940 the directory lists A Mumford at 3636 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Mumford there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists A Mumford at 7292 Prince Edward Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Mumford there as the householder, a gardener, with Ella Mumford, a clerk, Harry Mumford, a helper at Vancouver S & D, and Phyllis I Mumford, a domestic. In 1940 the directory lists T Mumford at 792 Union Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Mumford there as the householder, a fireman.

Today

7292 Prince Edward (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2294 East 14th, 3636 Main and 792 Union, so those buildings are 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

The book of the Mumfords

Every directory, as one book

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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.