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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Munros

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Munro at four addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, with the close spelling Munroe. 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 Munros at 4601 West 10th in 1940. 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

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

    12 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss C Munro 1940
    • Christan Munro 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    636 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Edith V C Munro, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Fleming at 646. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1066 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Una M Munro, a repairer at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Singleton at 1064 and E M Lanctot at 1076. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4601 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs C R Munro, widow of W S 1940
    • Marcel L Munro 1940
    • Ron N Munro, a driver at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Shoebotham at 4603. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a driver, a repairer and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Mount Pleasant 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 Miss C Munro at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Christan Munro there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Edith V C Munro at 636 West 10th Avenue, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Una M Munro at 1066 West 10th Avenue, a repairer at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C R Munro, a confectioner, at 4601 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Claudia R Munro there, widow of W S, with Marcel L Munro, and Ron N Munro, a driver at McGavin.

Today

12 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 636 West 10th, 1066 West 10th and 4601 West 10th, 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.