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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kernaghans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Kernaghan at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Kernighan. 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 Kernaghans 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

    3117 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs A E Kernighan, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Russell at 3103 and A Vant at 3123. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3832 Oak Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Irene Kernaghan, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oak Shoe Store at 3820 and Oak St Meat Mkt at 3856. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4992 Pine Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • F W Kernaghan 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Flack at 4976. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Shaughnessy and South Cambie. 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 Mrs A E Kernighan at 3117 East 7th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Agnes E Kernighan there as the householder, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists Irene Kernaghan at 3832 Oak Street, a stenographer. F W Kernaghan is listed at 4992 Pine Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

3117 East 7th (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3832 Oak and 4992 Pine Crescent, so those buildings are 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, 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.