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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kennings

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Kenning at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Kennings lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2609 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jean Kenning, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Bell at 2625. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3536 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W Kenning, a senior clerk at the Customs 1940
    • A Wyllie Kenning, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: C McN Stringer at 3528 and L Sung at 3542. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2786 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • G Allan Kenning, a salesman for Samis Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Cameron at 2766. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a salesman and a senior clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Kerrisdale. 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 Jean Kenning at 2609 West 1st Avenue, a widow. J W Kenning is listed at 3536 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Wyllie Kenning there as the householder, a senior clerk at the Customs, with A Wyllie Kenning, a student. The 1940 name section lists G Allan Kenning at 2786 West 42nd Avenue, a salesman for Samis Wilson.

Today

2609 West 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; 2786 West 42nd (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3536 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Kennings

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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.