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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rounsefells

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Rounsefell at two addresses in 1940 in Shaughnessy. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Rounsefells 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

    3737 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs E De W Rounsefell, widow of F W 1940
    • Marjorie V Rounsefell 1940
  2. 2

    1064 Balfour Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J V Rounsefell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G I Palmer at 1054. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (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 Mrs E De W Rounsefell at 3737 Angus Drive; 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 Elizabeth De W Rounsefell there as the householder, widow of F W, with Marjorie V Rounsefell. In 1940 the directory lists J V Rounsefell at 1064 Balfour Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John V Rounsefell there as the householder, retired, with John Rounsefell, a messenger at Capilano Shingle.

Today

3737 Angus Drive and 1064 Balfour still have their buildings from before 1946.

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 3737 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 3700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Rounsefells

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.