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Kerrisdale
2,118 addresses on 45 streets, in the 1940 city directory
The 1940 directory lists 151 maids in Kerrisdale, four times as common as on the site's other streets. Elizabeth P O'Brien of 5939 Balsam Street was one. In Kerrisdale, two in three of the households in the 1940 directory owned the house they lived in, by its mark, where the site's other streets have half.
Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940.
At work in 1940
The work the 1940 name section prints for the people it lists here, the most common first. Open one for some of the people who did it, each with their house.
Clerk206
- Leslie F Taylor6061 Adera Street
- Leslie C Horner5846 Angus Drive
- Harry N Freed6637 Arbutus Street
- Doreen E Heelas5763 Balsam Street
- Don E Beaton6681 Beechwood Street
And 201 more, each on their own house's page.
Salesman206
- Robert G Widdess5887 Adera Street
- Don J S Tyrell6229 Angus Drive
- Lorence G Warnick6706 Arbutus Street
- Charles Holmes5798 Balsam Street
- Don M Leckie6637 Beechwood Street
And 201 more, each on their own house's page.
Maid151
- Elizabeth P O'Brien5939 Balsam Street
- Irene M Porter6311 Larch Street
- Joan M Sinclair2190 West 47th Avenue
- Eva Y Beaupre2355 West 47th Avenue
And 147 more, each on their own house's page.
Stenographer142
- Margaret Thompson5811 Adera Street
- Marion G Livingston6025 Angus Drive
- Philippa J Kirkwood6729 Arbutus Street
- Gertrude W Reid6680 Balaclava Street
- M Lillian Patterson5787 Balsam Street
And 137 more, each on their own house's page.
Manager99
- Albert V Lewis6088 Adera Street
- Alfred Hyams5725 Angus Drive
- O Thomas Killick6705 Arbutus Street
- William A Bickell5930 Blenheim Street
- W Norman Bell5830 Carnarvon Street
And 94 more, each on their own house's page.
Teacher84
- N Kathleen Thompson5988 Adera Street
- Elizabeth Munro6312 Angus Drive
- W Robert T Brooks6726 Arbutus Street
- June Duncan5815 Balsam Street
- Charles M Haverstock6025 Carnarvon Street
And 79 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor69
- Alfred W Herman5961 Adera Street
- Dolph G Lewis6389 Angus Drive
- Stan E Peters6776 Arbutus Street
- Horace J Apps7025 Balaclava Street
- Herbert J Vince6176 Balsam Street
And 64 more, each on their own house's page.
Accountant63
- Richard Thompson5811 Adera Street
- Stan M Horner5846 Angus Drive
- Arthur G Holland6757 Arbutus Street
- Leighton P Harrison5774 Balsam Street
- Alex A Beaton6681 Beechwood Street
And 58 more, each on their own house's page.
President63
- R Webster Widdess5887 Adera Street
- Dwight Ostrosser5756 Angus Drive
- Geraldine G Warnick6706 Arbutus Street
- Angus Paterson6559 Balsam Street
- Gilbert D Jukes6662 Beechwood Street
And 58 more, each on their own house's page.
Saleswoman43
- Anita L Bouchard7409 Angus Drive
- Eleanor Kirkwood6729 Arbutus Street
- Mrs Ellenore L Gordon6026 Balsam Street
- Marjorie I Richardson5812 Churchill Street
- Edward R Taylor6377 Cypress Street
And 38 more, each on their own house's page.
Bookkeeper37
- Ella M Bell5837 Adera Street
- R Frank Rudd6560 Angus Drive
- James Delaney Jr6576 Blenheim Street
- Wilfred G Cook6607 Cypress Street
- Tory I McKay6858 Laburnum Street
And 32 more, each on their own house's page.
Nurse37
- Marion O Benoit5818 Adera Street
- Bertha J Livingston6025 Angus Drive
- Jean Moyle6150 Balsam Street
- Helen McQueen5910 Blenheim Street
- Mary L Sargent5875 Carnarvon Street
And 32 more, each on their own house's page.
School principalseven times as common as on the rest of the site's streets10
- Frederick J Lawrence5876 Adera Street
- William G Ramage6579 Cypress Street
- George S Wate6926 Laburnum Street
- Angus M Macdonald1914 West 43rd Avenue
- Cecil H Skelding2937 West 45th Avenue
And 5 more, each on their own house's page.
Buyerseven times as common as on the rest of the site's streets9
- Clarence M Poole6312 Adera Street
- Harold G Hamer7430 Angus Drive
- William A Rhone6713 Arbutus Street
- Harvey H MacBride6335 Cypress Street
- John Crawford6120 Macdonald Street
And 4 more, each on their own house's page.
General managerseven times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Ivor W Neil5838 Adera Street
- William S Dirker5895 Angus Drive
- John M Ernst6075 Carnarvon Street
- Myer Brown6046 Cypress Street
- John K Matheson6841 Laburnum Street
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
16 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- Vancouver City130
- UBC76
- BC Electric Railway38
- BC Telephone35
- Canadian Government27
- CPR26
- Hudson's Bay Company20
- Vancouver General Hospital19
At home
1,371 of the 2,053 households the 1940 street section lists here carry its * (the directory's mark for a family member owning the house), against half on the rest of the site's streets. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).
Half of the people its name section lists here are householders (h); the rest live in someone else's house (r), as family, boarders or roomers. On the rest of the site's streets, half are householders.
Still standing
769 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 702 were rebuilt later, and 647 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 7226 Balaclava Streetbuilt 1800
- 6111 McCleery Streetbuilt 1905
- 2065 West 48th Avenuebuilt 1908
- 2141 West 47th Avenuebuilt 1908
- 1931 West 49th Avenuebuilt 1910
- 2035 West 49th Avenuebuilt 1910
Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.
In the archives
Archive photos of its streets, then three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.
The streets
The 45 streets in Kerrisdale on the site, A to Z.
- Adera Streetthe 5700–7000 blocks: 85 addresses, 29 still standing1940
- 1940
- Arbutus Streetthe 6600–6800 and 7400 blocks: 16 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Balaclava Streetthe 6100–6200, 6400, 6600–6700, 6900–7000 and 7200 blocks: 14 addresses, three still standing1940
- Balsam Streetthe 5700–6200, 6500–6600 and 6800 blocks: 78 addresses, eleven still standing1940
- Beechwood Street9 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Blenheim Streetthe 5900, 6400–6700 and 6900–7100 blocks: 15 addresses, ten still standing1940
- Carnarvon Streetthe 5800–6300 blocks: 19 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Cedarhurst Street3 addresses, three still standing1940
- Churchill Streetthe 5700–6400 and 6600 blocks: 55 addresses, 15 still standing1940
- Cypress Streetthe 5700–7200 blocks: 106 addresses, 33 still standing1940
- Elm Streetthe 5800–6400 blocks: 38 addresses, 19 still standing1940
- Granville Streetthe 5700–5900, 6300–6400 and 6700 blocks: 26 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Laburnum Streetthe 6300–7000, 7300–7400 and 7900–8200 blocks: 78 addresses, 30 still standing1940
- Larch Streetthe 5700–6400 blocks: 50 addresses, 19 still standing1940
- Lime Street20 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- Macdonald Streetthe 5700–6500 and 6700 blocks: 46 addresses, 22 still standing1940
- Mackenzie Streetthe 5900 and 6100 blocks: 4 addresses, three still standing1940
- Maple Streetthe 6100–6200, 6500–6700 and 7200 blocks: 25 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Marguerite Streetthe 5700–6900 blocks: 82 addresses, 33 still standing1940
- Marine Crescent11 addresses, six still standing1940
- McCleery Street17 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Trafalgar Streetthe 5900–6000 blocks: 20 addresses, twelve still standing1940
- Vine Streetthe 5700–6600 blocks: 89 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- West 41st Avenuethe 1900, 2100 and 2600–3000 blocks: 134 addresses, 44 still standing1940
- West 42nd Avenuethe 1900–2100 and 2600–3100 blocks: 125 addresses, 43 still standing1940
- West 43rd Avenuethe 1600, 1800–2300 and 2500–3100 blocks: 117 addresses, 38 still standing1940
- West 44th Avenuethe 1900–2100 and 2800–3000 blocks: 96 addresses, 21 still standing1940
- West 45th Avenuethe 1600–2600 and 2800–3000 blocks: 139 addresses, 56 still standing1940
- West 46th Avenuethe 2000–2100 blocks: 45 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- West 47th Avenuethe 1500 and 2000–2400 blocks: 71 addresses, 27 still standing1940
- West 48th Avenuethe 2000–2100 and 3100–3200 blocks: 36 addresses, 19 still standing1940
- West 49th Avenuethe 1500–3200 blocks: 118 addresses, 62 still standing1940
- West 51st Avenuethe 2000–2400 and 3200 blocks: 28 addresses, 15 still standing1940
- West 52nd Avenuethe 1500–2200 blocks: 37 addresses, one still standing1940
- West 53rd Avenuethe 2000 and 3000–3200 blocks: 7 addresses, three still standing1940
- West 54th Avenuethe 1600 block: 1 address1940
- West 55th Avenue5 addresses, one still standing1940
- West 57th Avenuethe 1900–2100 blocks: 12 addresses, six still standing1940
- West 58th Avenuethe 1800 block: 3 addresses, one still standing1940
- West 61st Avenuethe 1800 block: 5 addresses, one still standing1940
- West 62nd Avenuethe 1800 block: 3 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 63rd Avenuethe 2000 block: 3 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 64th Avenuethe 1800 block: 1 address, one still standing1940
- Yew Streetthe 5700–6700 and 6900 blocks: 74 addresses, 28 still standing1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at one door in Kerrisdale instead of the residents' names. Its canvassers often didn't take down Chinese, Japanese and other residents' names, so the people at those doors can't be named or counted from it. Each door is on its street's page, as printed.
Next door
Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Marpole, Oakridge and Shaughnessy.