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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kenmuirs

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Kenmuir at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Kenmuirs at 4862 Angus Drive in 1940.

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Where the Kenmuirs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4862 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R J Kenmuir, a vice-president at the Union Oil Co of Canadian Ltd 1940
    • Patricia M Kenmuir, a student at UBC 1940
    • R Campbell Kenmuir, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Falkins at 4850 and W W Davison at 4888. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6695 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G B Kenmuir, a janitor 1940

    Next door in 1940: O E R Evans at 6683. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6128 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W Kenmuir, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Billington at 6106 and Mrs A Ferris at 6138. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2446 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Kenmuir, a radio technician 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Youden at 2440 and M Birk at 2486. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a janitor, a lineman, a radio technician and a vice-president. Two of them worked for UBC.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Shaughnessy, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 R J Kenmuir at 4862 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert J Kenmuir there as the householder, a vice-president at the Union Oil Co of Canadian Ltd, with Patricia M Kenmuir, a student at UBC, and R Campbell Kenmuir, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists G B Kenmuir at 6695 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section lists George B Kenmuir there as the householder, a janitor.

In 1940 the directory lists W Kenmuir at 6128 Prince Albert 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 Wallace Kenmuir there as the householder, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists H Kenmuir at 2446 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Hugh Kenmuir there as the householder, a radio technician.

Today

4862 Angus Drive (2012), 6695 Dumfries (1999), 6128 Prince Albert (2014) and 2446 Venables (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 4862 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 4800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Kenmuirs

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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.