A family name on Ferndale Street, Grandview-Woodland
The Kennedys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Kennedy at two addresses in 1940, all on Ferndale Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
- 1
2043 Ferndale Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Don M Kennedy, a finisher for J Watson 1940
Next door in 1940: H Milthorp at 2037 and S Maras at 2047. The block, door by door
- 2
2090 Ferndale Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H Kennedy, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Doug H Kennedy, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J Parker at 2080. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a finisher and a motorman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don M Kennedy at 2043 Ferndale Street, a finisher for J Watson. H Kennedy is listed at 2090 Ferndale Street in 1940; 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 Hugh Kennedy there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Doug H Kennedy, a student.
Today
2090 Ferndale still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2043 Ferndale, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- KENNEDY Don M fnshr J Watson2043 Ferndale, p. 319
- *Kennedy H2090 Ferndale, p. 50
- KENNEDY Doug H studt2090 Ferndale, p. 319
- KENNEDY Hugh mtrmn BCER2090 Ferndale, p. 319
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.