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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kennos

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Kenno at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Keno. 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 Kennos 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

    756 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K Kenno, a helper at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Kosaka at 750 and M Hock at 762. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    419 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K Kenno, a watch repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Tsuchida at 417 and E Hirai at 421. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2693 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F A Keno, proprietor of Fred's Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: W O Hendrickson at 2683 and E Jarvi at 2697. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 K Kenno at 756 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kajiro Kenno there as the householder, a watch repairer, with Kato Kenno, a helper at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists K Kenno, a watch repairer, at 419 Powell Street.

F A Keno is listed at 2693 Venables Street 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 Frederick A Keno there as the householder, proprietor of Fred's Barber Shop.

Today

2693 Venables still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 756 East Cordova and 419 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.