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A family name on East 35th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park

The Kellys

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Kelly at two addresses in 1940, all on East 35th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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. 1

    1696 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • K G Kelly, a watch repairer at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fleming at 1686. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2184 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J M Kelly, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Carnie at 2160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer and a watch repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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

In 1940 the directory lists K G Kelly at 1696 East 35th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists K Gordon Kelly there as the householder, a watch repairer at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists J M Kelly at 2184 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James M Kelly there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

1696 East 35th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2184 East 35th (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.