A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Kennedys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Kennedy at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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 91 other streets too, all listed on the Kennedy name's own page.
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Where the Kennedys lived
- 1
718 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- W D Kennedy, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door
- 2
841 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Kennedy, a manager at Granville Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: Jamieson Bros at 837 and Paradise Theatre at 851. The block, door by door
- 3
1125 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Eva R Kennedy, a waitress at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a manager and a waitress.
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
In 1940 the directory lists W D Kennedy, a physician, at 718 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Kennedy at 841 Granville Street, a manager at Granville Lunch. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Eva R Kennedy at 1125 Granville Street, a waitress at the Hudson's Bay Company.
Today
1125 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 718 Granville and 841 Granville, so those buildings are 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.
- Kennedy W D phys718 Granville, p. 63
- Kennedy Wm mgr Granville Lunch841 Granville, p. 319
- KENNEDY Mrs Eva R waitress HBC1125 Granville, p. 319
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.