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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Kellys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Kelly at five addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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

    812 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A B Kelly, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: H N Tait at 806 and Welch's Ltd at 814. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1165 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Max G Kelly, a chauffeur at B C Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E G Portwood at 1159 and J F Fitzpatrick at 1169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1601 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Kay Kelly, a saleswoman at Saba Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Crawford at 1615. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1662 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • James Kelly 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Bristow at 1656 and P Cooper at 1666. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1770 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Louis Kelly, a miningman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Lorimer at 1768 and Library Pandora at 1774. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a chauffeur, a miningman and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4) and Downtown. 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 A B Kelly, a dentist, at 812 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Max G Kelly at 1165 Robson Street, a chauffeur at B C Motor Transportation. The 1940 name section lists Kay Kelly at 1601 Robson Street, a saleswoman at Saba Bros. The 1940 name section lists James Kelly at 1662 Robson Street.

The 1940 name section lists Louis Kelly at 1770 Robson Street, a miningman.

Today

The City no longer lists 812 Robson, 1165 Robson, 1601 Robson, 1662 Robson and 1770 Robson, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.