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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Kennedys

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Kennedy at six addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. 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 2622 West 11th 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

    4 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Kennedy, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940
    • William C Kennedy, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D Jamieson at 6. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    325 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Dr W D Kennedy, a physician 1940
    • William J Kennedy, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F A McPherson at 315 and S Cassells at 335. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1215 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Davies at 1203 and G Ansell at 1225. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2622 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C P Kennedy, a template maker at Dominion Bridge 1940
    • Alex Kennedy, a salesman at Safeway Stores 1940
    • John D Kennedy, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Onomura at 2616 and P Minette at 2628. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2976 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W Kennedy, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Porterfield at 2966 and H J Pritchett at 2986. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4036 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs M Judith Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Mussenden at 4022 and W J Calnan at 4042. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a helper (2), a clerk, a longshoreman, an on active service, a physician and a salesman, among others. Two of them worked for Sitka Spruce Lumber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 J Kennedy at 4 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Kennedy there as the householder, a musician, with James Kennedy Jr, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber, and William C Kennedy, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists Dr W D Kennedy at 325 West 11th Avenue; 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 William D Kennedy there as the householder, a physician, with William J Kennedy, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Kennedy at 1215 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Kennedy there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists C P Kennedy at 2622 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles P Kennedy there as the householder, a template maker at Dominion Bridge, with Charles Kennedy, an assistant stockman at Consolidated Motor, Alex Kennedy, a salesman at Safeway Stores, and John D Kennedy, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists J W Kennedy at 2976 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph W Kennedy there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs M Judith Kennedy at 4036 West 11th Avenue.

Today

4 West 11th, 325 West 11th, 2622 West 11th, 2976 West 11th and 4036 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946, 325 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1215 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.