A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano
The Kellys
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Kelly at four addresses in 1940, all on Burrard Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 86 other streets too, all listed on the Kelly name's own page.
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Where the Kellys lived
- 1
748 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- Annie Kelly 1940
Next door in 1940: V Galbraith at 746 and Gem Wing Laundry at 782. The block, door by door
- 2
864 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- Bert W Kelly, an accountant 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Nelson at 858 and P Stainer at 870. The block, door by door
- 3
966 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- John Kelly, a mining engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: W Rowbottom at 964 and Mrs M O'Ray at 970. The block, door by door
- 4
1009 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss N Kelly, a dressmaker 1940
- Nellie A Kelly, a dressmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: St Andrews-Wesley Un Ch at 1001 and A T Harvie at 1011. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an accountant, a dressmaker and a mining engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End (2). 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 Annie Kelly at 748 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section lists Bert W Kelly at 864 Burrard Street, an accountant. The 1940 name section lists John Kelly at 966 Burrard Street, a mining engineer.
Miss N Kelly, a dressmaker, is listed at 1009 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Nellie A Kelly there, a dressmaker.
Today
The City no longer lists 748 Burrard, 864 Burrard, 966 Burrard and 1009 Burrard, so those buildings are 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.
- Kelly Annie748 Burrard, p. 317
- Kelly Bert W acct864 Burrard, p. 317
- Kelly John min eng966 Burrard, p. 317
- Kelly Miss N drsmkr1009 Burrard, p. 22
- Kelly Nellie A drsmkr1009 Burrard, p. 317
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Kellys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kelly 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.