A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mundys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Mundy at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Munday. 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 Mundys lived
- 1
3543 Clark Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F H Munday, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J B Gammie at 3535. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
734 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Q Mundy, a porter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Lee at 730 and S Isoshima at 742. The block, door by door
- 4
803 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- George Munday, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Ellis at 813. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an engineer and a porter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 F H Munday at 3543 Clark Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank H Munday there as the householder, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L H Mundy at 914 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lillie H Mundy there as the householder, widow of E.
In 1940 the directory lists Q Mundy at 734 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section lists Quincy Mundy there as the householder, a porter at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists George Munday at 803 Richards Street, retired.
Today
3543 Clark Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 914 East 15th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 734 Keefer and 803 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Munday F H3543 Clark Drive, p. 31
- Munday Frank H eng3543 Clark Drive, p. 447
- Mundy Mrs L H914 East 15th, p. 218
- Mundy Lillie H wid E914 East 15th, p. 447
- Mundy Q734 Keefer, p. 94
- Mundy Quincy porter CPR734 Keefer, p. 447
- Munday Geo retired803 Richards, p. 447
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mundys
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.