A family name on Highgate Street, Renfrew-Collingwood
The Kellys
In the city directories 1940 · five people at one address
The directories print five people named Kelly at one address, 5092 Highgate Street in Renfrew-Collingwood, in 1940. The directories print the name on 86 other streets too, all listed on the Kelly name's own page.
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The Kellys at home
Collingwood
- 1
5092 Highgate Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- B Kelly, an elevator operator at the BC Government 1940
- Eileen M Kelly, a stenographer at the Workmen's Compensation Board 1940
- James Kelly, a machinist 1940
- Richard Kelly, a resawyer 1940
- Thomas R Kelly, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: S D Carey at 5074. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a conductor, an elevator operator, a machinist, a resawyer and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 B Kelly at 5092 Highgate 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Bartholomew Kelly there as the householder, an elevator operator at the BC Government, with Eileen M Kelly, a stenographer at the Workmen's Compensation Board, James Kelly, a machinist, Richard Kelly, a resawyer, and Thomas R Kelly, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
5092 Highgate (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Kelly B5092 Highgate, p. 84
- Kelly Bartholomew elev opr BC Govt5092 Highgate, p. 317
- Kelly Eileen M sten Workmen's Comp Bd5092 Highgate, p. 317
- Kelly Jas mach5092 Highgate, p. 317
- Kelly Richd resawyer5092 Highgate, p. 318
- Kelly Thos R cond BCER5092 Highgate, p. 318
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.