A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Kellys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Kelly at three addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Kellys lived
- 1
176 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Eva M Kelly, widow of F C 1940
Next door in 1940: Coast Fishermen's Union Pac at 164 and C N Inst (news agt) at 198. The block, door by door
- 2
635 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- John Kelly, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Mead at 637. The block, door by door
- 3
1850 East Hastings Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M A Kelly, widow of J 1940
- Bertha M Kelly, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: W Dryden Jr at 1872. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a school teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 Eva M Kelly at 176 East Hastings Street, widow of F C. The 1940 name section lists John Kelly at 635 East Hastings Street, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Kelly at 1850 East Hastings 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 M Anne Kelly there as the householder, widow of J, with Bertha M Kelly, a school teacher.
Today
635 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 176 East Hastings and 1850 East Hastings, 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 Eva M wid F C176 East Hastings, p. 317
- Kelly John retired635 East Hastings, p. 317
- *Kelly Mrs M A1850 East Hastings, p. 75
- Kelly Bertha M sch tchr Van City1850 East Hastings, p. 317
- Kelly M Anne wid J1850 East Hastings, 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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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.