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A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown

The Kennedys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Kennedy at six addresses in 1940, all on Davie Street. 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 Kennedys at 1611 Davie in 1940. The directories print the name on 91 other streets too, all listed on the Kennedy name's own page.

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Where the Kennedys 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

    845 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • David Kennedy, an elevator operator at the Devonshire Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Milligan at 839 and United Electric at 847. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1225 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • William Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Brooks at 1223 and Mrs M Keegan at 1243. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1260 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs L Kennedy, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Styles at 1256. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1531 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Kennedy, retired 1940
  5. 5

    1611 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E M Kennedy, widow of A 1940
    • Florence M Kennedy 1940
    • Grace C Kennedy, a news agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Blair at 1627. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1659 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ian Kennedy, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J Mollison at 1649 and H W Woodley at 1675. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: an elevator operator, a longshoreman and a news agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David Kennedy at 845 Davie Street, an elevator operator at the Devonshire Hotel. The 1940 name section lists William Kennedy at 1225 Davie Street. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Kennedy, rooms to let, at 1260 Davie Street.

J Kennedy is listed at 1531 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Kennedy there as the householder, retired. Mrs E M Kennedy is listed at 1611 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth M Kennedy there as the householder, widow of A, with Florence M Kennedy, and Grace C Kennedy, a news agent.

The 1940 name section lists Ian Kennedy at 1659 Davie Street, a longshoreman.

Today

1611 Davie (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 845 Davie, 1225 Davie, 1260 Davie, 1531 Davie and 1659 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.