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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rundles

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Rundle at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Rundles at 3425 Point Grey Road in 1940.

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Where the Rundles lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5612 Olympic Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W A Rundle, who worked for the Vancouver Board of Trade 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Whitacre at 5630. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3018 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Rev H Rundle, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A E Evans at 3012 and C S Mill at 3026. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3425 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F J Rundle, an accountant at the Vancouver Exhibition Association 1940
    • Gordon P Rundle, a director at Dunne & Rundle 1940
    • Patricia M Rundle, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G White at 3415 and J R Chamberlain at 3435. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an accountant and a director.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 A Rundle at 5612 Olympic Street; 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 William A Rundle there as the householder, who worked for the Vancouver Board of Trade. In 1940 the directory lists Rev H Rundle at 3018 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Rev Henry Rundle there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists F J Rundle at 3425 Point Grey Road; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Francis J Rundle there as the householder, an accountant at the Vancouver Exhibition Association, with Gordon P Rundle, a director at Dunne & Rundle, and Patricia M Rundle, a student.

Today

5612 Olympic and 3018 Point Grey Road still have their buildings from before 1946; 3425 Point Grey Road (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record.

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3425 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

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

The book of the Rundles

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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.