A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Munros
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Munro at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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 3827 West 11th 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
- 1
231 West 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Don S Munroe, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Searle at 221. The block, door by door
- 2
3827 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J Munro, a social worker at the CN Institute 1940
- Gladys B Munro, a stenographer 1940
- Marguerite Munro, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: H M Selfe at 3823 and A S Baird at 3833. The block, door by door
- 3
4377 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Isabella Munroe, a nurse for Mrs M M Ross 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Cosens at 4363. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a nurse, a physician, a school teacher, a social worker and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don S Munroe at 231 West 11th Avenue, a physician. J Munro is listed at 3827 West 11th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists John Munro there, a social worker at the CN Institute, with Gladys B Munro, a stenographer, and Marguerite Munro, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Isabella Munroe at 4377 West 11th Avenue, a nurse for Mrs M M Ross.
Today
3827 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 4377 West 11th (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; for 231 West 11th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Munroe Don S phys 925, 925 W Georgia231 West 11th, p. 448
- *Munro J3827 West 11th, p. 205
- Munro Gladys B sten3827 West 11th, p. 448
- Munro John social wkr CN Inst3827 West 11th, p. 448
- Munro Marguerite sch tchr Van City3827 West 11th, p. 448
- Munroe Isabella nurse Mrs M M Ross4377 West 11th, p. 448
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.