A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kehoes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Kehoe 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.
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Where the Kehoes lived
- 1
4086 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- P M Kehoe, a tool maker at Boeings 1940
Next door in 1940: W M Code at 4070 and Mrs E Cartwright at 4096. The block, door by door
- 2
1723 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs J Kehoe, widow of M 1940
Next door in 1940: J F Evers at 1729. The block, door by door
- 3
2235 Pandora Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mary E Kehoe, widow of W 1940
Next door in 1940: R J F McCarthy at 2225 and G Scott at 2269. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a tool maker. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 P M Kehoe at 4086 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Patrick M Kehoe there as the householder, a tool maker at Boeings. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Kehoe at 1723 East 11th Avenue; 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 Jane Kehoe there as the householder, widow of M.
The 1940 name section lists Mary E Kehoe at 2235 Pandora Street, widow of W.
Today
4086 Commercial (2017) and 1723 East 11th (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2235 Pandora, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kehoe P M4086 Commercial, p. 34
- Kehoe Patk M tool mkr Boeings4086 Commercial, p. 316
- *Kehoe Mrs J1723 East 11th, p. 203
- Kehoe Jane wid M1723 East 11th, p. 316
- Kehoe Mary E wid W2235 Pandora, p. 316
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.