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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Kennedys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Kennedy at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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 1395 West 13th 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

    1395 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C H Kennedy, a manager for A R Williams 1940
    • Hugh C Kennedy, an apprentice for A R Williams 1940
    • Jean F Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Garnett at 1375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3714 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Lucy C Kennedy, widow of F W 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R McClung at 3706 and J P Hall at 3730. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4223 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C P McK Kennedy, proprietor of Innis Security Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Taylor at 4217 and D Snodgrass at 4227. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an apprentice, a manager and a proprietor. Two of them worked for A R Williams. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 C H Kennedy at 1395 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles H Kennedy there as the householder, a manager for A R Williams, with Hugh C Kennedy, an apprentice for A R Williams, and Jean F Kennedy. The 1940 name section lists Lucy C Kennedy at 3714 West 13th Avenue, widow of F W.

C P McK Kennedy is listed at 4223 West 13th Avenue 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 Charles P McK Kennedy there as the householder, proprietor of Innis Security Co.

Today

1395 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 3714 West 13th (2004) and 4223 West 13th (2007) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.