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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kennellys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Kennelly at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Kennellys 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

    2661 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • John Kenneally 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J K Labsik at 2641 and Slocan Serv Sta at 2695. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1269 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Brendon Kennelly, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Sugden at 1257 and W W Hardie at 1281. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3088 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J G Kennelly, a checker at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Cummings at 3082. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a checker and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and West End. 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 John Kenneally at 2661 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Brendon Kennelly at 1269 Pacific Street, a salesman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists J G Kennelly at 3088 West 12th 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 John G Kennelly there as the householder, a checker at the CPR.

Today

3088 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 2661 East Hastings (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1269 Pacific, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Kennellys

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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.