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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Munceys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Muncey at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Munceys 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

    1764 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C Muncey, a dock superintendent at Empire Stevedoring 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Van Buren at 1758 and J H Nicholson at 1770. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    844 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs L W Muncey, widow of L F 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr M B Campbell at 836 and Mrs B McIntyre at 856. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1530 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Adah J Mouncey, a principal at the Shurpass School 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wilson at 1540. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1236 West 27th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • S W Muncey, a secretary-treasurer at W S Holland Agencies 1940
    • W Aylward Muncey, a salesman for Pioneer Envelopes 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Pillsbury at 1226 and R W Clark at 1246. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a dock superintendent, a principal, a salesman and a secretary-treasurer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 C Muncey at 1764 Adanac Street; 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 Charles Muncey there as the householder, a dock superintendent at Empire Stevedoring. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L W Muncey at 844 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lalah W Muncey there as the householder, widow of L F.

The 1940 name section lists Adah J Mouncey at 1530 West 13th Avenue, a principal at the Shurpass School. S W Muncey is listed at 1236 West 27th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Singleton W Muncey there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at W S Holland Agencies, with W Aylward Muncey, a salesman for Pioneer Envelopes.

Today

1530 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 1236 West 27th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1764 Adanac and 844 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.