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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Kennedys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Kennedy at four addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. 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

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

    367 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Wilbert N Kennedy, a driver at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Faulkner at 361 and W S Smith at 377. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    424 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E Kennedy, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Pierce at 430. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1573 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs J E Kennedy, widow of T 1940
    • Albert L Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B M Rumsey at 1547 and Mrs A Webster at 1575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2646 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Kennedy, a mechanic for Star Cabs 1940
    • Glenn S Kennedy, a messenger at Ryan Messengers 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D Knights at 2638 and R H Millard at 2654. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a driver, a mechanic, a messenger and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Wilbert N Kennedy at 367 West 7th Avenue, a driver at Buckerfield's. E Kennedy is listed at 424 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward Kennedy there as the householder, a waiter.

Mrs J E Kennedy is listed at 1573 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jane E Kennedy there as the householder, widow of T, with Albert L Kennedy. A Kennedy is listed at 2646 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert Kennedy there as the householder, a mechanic for Star Cabs, with Glenn S Kennedy, a messenger at Ryan Messengers.

Today

367 West 7th and 2646 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 367 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 424 West 7th and 1573 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.