A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tungates
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Tungate at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Tungates lived
- 1
321 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs M E Tungate 1940
- James R Tungate, a helper at Edmunds & Walker 1940
Next door in 1940: Better Built Baskets Wilcox at 319 and T W Kerfoot at 323. The block, door by door
- 2
786 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R Tungate, a steward at Canadian Legion Naval Vet 1940
Next door in 1940: Hastings Meat Mkt at 784 and R M Monsen at 790. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a steward.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 M E Tungate at 321 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Mary E Tungate there as the householder, with James R Tungate, a helper at Edmunds & Walker. The 1940 name section lists R Tungate at 786 East Hastings Street, a steward at Canadian Legion Naval Vet.
Today
786 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 321 East Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tungate Mrs M E321 East Broadway, p. 15
- Tungate Jas R hlpr Edmunds & Walker321 East Broadway, p. 620
- Tungate Mrs Mary E321 East Broadway, p. 620
- Tungate R steward Can Legion Naval Vet786 East Hastings, p. 620
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tungates
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Tungate 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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.