A family name on West Cordova Street, Downtown
The Kellys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Kelly at three addresses in 1940, all on West Cordova 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
- 1
50 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- James J Kelly, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door
- 2
57 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Herbert Kelly, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: City Clo Exch at 53 and Sullivan Block at 61. The block, door by door
- 3
177 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- L C Kelly, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Goodrich B F Rubber at 175. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cook and an engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 James J Kelly at 50 West Cordova Street, a cook. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Kelly at 57 West Cordova Street, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists L C Kelly at 177 West Cordova Street, retired.
Today
50 West Cordova and 57 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946, 57 West Cordova on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 177 West Cordova, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kelly Jas J cook50 West Cordova, p. 317
- Kelly Herbt eng57 West Cordova, p. 317
- Kelly L C retired177 West Cordova, 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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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.