A family name on Kitchener Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Munros
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Munro at two addresses in 1940, all on Kitchener Street, with the close spelling Munroe. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 90 other streets too, all listed on the Munro name's own page.
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Where the Munros lived
- 1
2296 Kitchener Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W G Munroe, a steward 1940
Next door in 1940: C Greer at 2276. The block, door by door
- 2
2336 Kitchener Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- B Munro, a superintendent at Overseas Wood Products 1940
Next door in 1940: I Lamothe at 2326 and A B Sweet at 2346. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a steward and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 W G Munroe at 2296 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Munroe there as the householder, a steward. In 1940 the directory lists B Munro at 2336 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section lists Burbee Munro there as the householder, a superintendent at Overseas Wood Products.
Today
2296 Kitchener and 2336 Kitchener still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Munroe W G2296 Kitchener, p. 99
- Munroe Wm G steward2296 Kitchener, p. 448
- Munro B2336 Kitchener, p. 99
- Munro Burbee supt Overseas Wood Prods2336 Kitchener, p. 447
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Munros
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Munro name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.