A family name on West 28th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Kellys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Kelly at two addresses in 1940, all on West 28th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Kellys at 2971 West 28th 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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Where the Kellys lived
- 1
2971 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- L V Kelly, a reporter at the Province 1940
- Lois M Kelly 1940
- Marion N Kelly, a clerk at the Province 1940
Next door in 1940: J A MacKenzie at 2949 and Miss G M Heal at 2979. The block, door by door
- 2
3742 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Rev Willard W Kelly, an assistant priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Madden at 3726 and Ch of the Immaculate Conception at 3776. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant priest, a clerk and a reporter. Two of them worked for Province.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 L V Kelly at 2971 West 28th 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 Leroy V Kelly there as the householder, a reporter at the Province, with Lois M Kelly, and Marion N Kelly, a clerk at the Province. The 1940 name section lists Rev Willard W Kelly at 3742 West 28th Avenue, an assistant priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Today
3742 West 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 2971 West 28th (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Kelly L V2971 West 28th, p. 244
- Kelly Leroy V reporter Province2971 West 28th, p. 317
- Kelly Lois M2971 West 28th, p. 317
- Kelly Marion N clk Province2971 West 28th, p. 317
- Kelly Rev Willard W asst priest Ch of the Immaculate Conception3742 West 28th, 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.