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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mundells

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Mundell at five 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. The most under one roof: three Mundells at 4504 West 13th in 1940.

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Where the Mundells 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

    2768 East 16th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D Mundell, a laborer 1940
    • Robert D Mundell 1940

    Next door in 1940: S M Hatcher at 2750. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    381 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H T Mundell, a plumber 1940
    • Percy M Mundell, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H D Couper at 373. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    403 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • P Mundell, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Godfrey at 411. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5955 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • H T Mundell, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F A Whelen at 5945 and A Lee at 5957. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4504 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Miss L Mundell 1940
    • Letitia Mundell 1940
    • Cath Mundell, a stenographer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: K P Caple at 4508. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: a clerk, a laborer, a plumber and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3), Renfrew-Collingwood and West Point Grey. 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 D Mundell at 2768 East 16th 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 David Mundell there as the householder, a laborer, with Robert D Mundell. In 1940 the directory lists H T Mundell at 381 East 46th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh T Mundell there as the householder, a plumber, with Percy M Mundell, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists P Mundell at 403 East 47th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Percy Mundell there as the householder, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board. In 1940 the directory lists H T Mundell, a plumber, at 5955 Fraser Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Miss L Mundell is listed at 4504 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Letitia Mundell there as the householder, with Cath Mundell, a stenographer at the Canadian Government.

Today

403 East 47th and 4504 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2768 East 16th (2006), 381 East 46th (1996) and 5955 Fraser (1974) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.