A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kennedys
In the city directories 1940 · 143 addresses on 92 streets
The directories print the Kennedy name at 143 addresses on 92 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Kennedys lived
- Downtown21 addresses
- West End20 addresses
- Mount Pleasant15 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage12 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise10 addresses
- Kitsilano10 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands9 addresses
- Fairview8 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Marpole3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Shaughnessy1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Davie StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; eight people: J Kennedy, Mrs E M Kennedy, David Kennedy and five more1940
- 2West 11th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; ten people: C P Kennedy, J Kennedy, Dr W D Kennedy and seven more1940
- 3West 7th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A Kennedy, E Kennedy, Mrs J E Kennedy and three more1940
- 4Cardero StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: F L Kennedy, Melvin S Kennedy and Thomas Kennedy1940
- 5East 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; six people: L Kennedy, R W Kennedy, T G Kennedy and three more1940
- 6East 13th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant; six people: D J Kennedy, Bruce C Kennedy, Charles C Kennedy and three more1940
- 7East BroadwayThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: A C Kennedy, A E Kennedy and G M Kennedy1940
- 8East Georgia StreetThree addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: Mrs E J Kennedy, W Kennedy, George Kennedy and one more1940
- 9East Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: Mrs J Kennedy, Roderick Kennedy and Wally Kennedy1940
- 10East King Edward AvenueThree addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: A R Kennedy, J D Kennedy, Mrs J Kennedy and one more1940
- 11Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Mrs Eva R Kennedy, W D Kennedy and William Kennedy1940
- 12West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: C H Kennedy, C P McK Kennedy, Hugh C Kennedy and two more1940
80 more streets, by name: Alexander Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Beatty Street (1), Bidwell Street (2), Blenheim Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (2), Cartier Street (1), Charles Street (1), Chester Street (1), Cheyenne Avenue (1), Chilco Street (1), Crown Street (1), Devonshire Crescent (1), East 12th Avenue (2), East 16th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (2), East 59th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Ferndale Street (2), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Grant Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Lanark Street (1), Main Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), Napier Street (1), Nelson Street (2), Nicola Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pandora Street (2), Powell Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Turner Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Vine Street (1), Water Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (3), West 1st Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 40th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 67th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (2), West Georgia Street (2), West Hastings Street (3), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (2).
Today
By the City's record, of the 143 addresses, 56 still have their buildings from before 1946, 39 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 48; each street's page names them.
The book of the Kennedys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kennedy 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under K. Want a name removed? Tell us.