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A family name on Cambie Street, Downtown

The Kellys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Kelly at three addresses in 1940, all on Cambie 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

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

    313 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Kelly, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Homes at 309 and A C Phillips at 315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    605 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Kelly, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Barry at 603 and S Johnson at 607. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    700 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J R Kelly 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Chadwick at 710. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a decorator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Kelly at 313 Cambie Street, a decorator. The 1940 name section lists G Kelly at 605 Cambie Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists J R Kelly at 700 Cambie Street.

Today

The City no longer lists 313 Cambie, 605 Cambie and 700 Cambie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Kellys

Every directory, as one book

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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.