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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kenyons

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Kenyon at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Kenyons 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

    1416 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • P T Kenyon, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1406 and Miss M Lambie at 1420. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    925 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • W J Kenyon, a clerk at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sheppard at 977. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    874 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A F Kenyon, a dressmaker 1940
    • Doris Kenyon, a boundary at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Evans at 870 and J Rigby at 876. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    423 East 38th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Kenyon, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Heggie at 419 and W Rhodes at 427. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    327 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F Kenyon, a cloth weaver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Field at 319 and J A Ferguson at 335. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    469 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W Kenyon, a chemist at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Marshall at 465 and A J Slarks at 473. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3496 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Robert G Kenyon, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: H M Fullerton at 3490. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4627 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Andrew Kenyon 1940

    Next door in 1940: A K Bannerman at 4633. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a boundary, a chemist, a clerk, a cloth weaver, a dressmaker and an engineer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), West End (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and West Point Grey. 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 P T Kenyon at 1416 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Peter T Kenyon there as the householder, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists W J Kenyon at 925 Cardero Street. The 1940 name section lists William J Kenyon there as the householder, a clerk at Canadian Pacific Steamships.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs A F Kenyon at 874 East 18th Avenue, a dressmaker, with Doris Kenyon, a boundary at the Sun. G Kenyon is listed at 423 East 38th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Kenyon there as the householder, on active service.

F Kenyon is listed at 327 East 44th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Kenyon there as the householder, a cloth weaver. W Kenyon is listed at 469 East 45th 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 Wilfred Kenyon there as the householder, a chemist at BC Sugar.

The 1940 name section lists Robert G Kenyon at 3496 Kingsway, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Kenyon at 4627 West 3rd Avenue.

Today

925 Cardero, 327 East 44th and 469 East 45th still have their buildings from before 1946; 423 East 38th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1416 Barclay, 874 East 18th, 3496 Kingsway and 4627 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1416 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.