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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kerfoots

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Kerfoot at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Kerfoots 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

    323 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T W Kerfoot, retired 1940
    • Ruth A Kerfoot, a stenographer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Tungate at 321 and Mrs A D Smith at 325. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3383 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W N Kerfoot, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Sundberg at 3379 and R S Scott at 3391. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3595 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W L Kerfoot, a carpenter 1940
    • Frederick Kerfoot, a clerk at Gault Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P Riviere at 3593. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4604 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W S Kerfoot, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Lee at 4620. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2696 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Kerfoot, a cabinetmaker at Dixon & Murray 1940
    • Jane A Kerfoot, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Partridge at 2676. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3394 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Kerfoot, a bookkeeper at O'Brien Logging 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Alexander at 3384. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a bookkeeper, a cabinetmaker, a carpenter, a clerk, a conductor and a motorman, among others. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 T W Kerfoot at 323 East Broadway; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas W Kerfoot there as the householder, retired, with Ruth A Kerfoot, a stenographer at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists W N Kerfoot at 3383 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists William N Kerfoot there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists W L Kerfoot at 3595 Triumph Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William L Kerfoot there as the householder, a carpenter, with Frederick Kerfoot, a clerk at Gault Bros. In 1940 the directory lists W S Kerfoot at 4604 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists William S Kerfoot there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists A Kerfoot at 2696 Waterloo Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Kerfoot there as the householder, a cabinetmaker at Dixon & Murray, with Jane A Kerfoot, widow of W. In 1940 the directory lists H Kerfoot at 3394 West 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold Kerfoot there as the householder, a bookkeeper at O'Brien Logging.

Today

3595 Triumph and 2696 Waterloo still have their buildings from before 1946; 4604 Victoria Drive (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 323 East Broadway, 3383 East Pender and 3394 West 26th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.