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The Kearnses

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at nine addresses

The directories print twelve people named Kearns at nine addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Kearnses 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

    1663 Avondale Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mary Kearns, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Falconer at 1649. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    787 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R H Kearns, a scaler at the BC Government 1940
    • John K Kearns 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Slater at 779. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3153 East 2nd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Kearns, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Guide at 3141 and M W Kingshott at 3161. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    625 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas Kearns, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Esplin at 623 and Mrs G L Leith at 667. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5274 Taunton Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D W Kearns, retired 1940
  6. 6

    810 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • John J Kearns, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Stevens at 834. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2514 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W P Kearns, a salesman at Fleck Bros 1940
    • William J C Kearns, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Allsop at 2510 and Our Lady of Sorrows Convent at 2516. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4738 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S J Kearns, a salesman at Mackenzie White & Dunsmuir 1940
    • Kathleen S Kearns, a stenographer for Hale Optical 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Steele at 4730 and D C Ritchie at 4746. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1308 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • John D Kearns, a secretary manager at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Grinnell at 1310. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the twelve: a salesman (2), a longshoreman, a painter, a scaler, a secretary manager and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Hastings-Sunrise (2), Shaughnessy (2), Renfrew-Collingwood, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Mary Kearns at 1663 Avondale Avenue, a widow. R H Kearns is listed at 787 Bute Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert H Kearns there as the householder, a scaler at the BC Government, with John K Kearns.

C Kearns is listed at 3153 East 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles Kearns there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Kearns at 625 Hamilton Street, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists D W Kearns at 5274 Taunton 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 lists David W Kearns there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists John J Kearns at 810 Thurlow Street, a painter.

W P Kearns is listed at 2514 Turner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William P Kearns there as the householder, a salesman at Fleck Bros, with William J C Kearns, a student. S J Kearns is listed at 4738 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan J Kearns there as the householder, a salesman at Mackenzie White & Dunsmuir, with Kathleen S Kearns, a stenographer for Hale Optical.

The 1940 name section lists John D Kearns at 1308 West 33rd Avenue, a secretary manager at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club.

Today

1663 Avondale, 3153 East 2nd, 2514 Turner and 4738 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 5274 Taunton (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 787 Bute, 625 Hamilton, 810 Thurlow and 1308 West 33rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Kearnses

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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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.