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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kerrs

In the city directories 1940 · 147 addresses on 96 streets

The directories print the Kerr name at 147 addresses on 96 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Ker. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Kerrs lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End21 addresses
  2. Downtown18 addresses
  3. Kitsilano13 addresses
  4. Fairview12 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands11 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland11 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise10 addresses
  8. Shaughnessy8 addresses
  9. Riley Park7 addresses
  10. West Point Grey7 addresses
  11. Mount Pleasant6 addresses
  12. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  13. Killarney4 addresses
  14. Marpole3 addresses
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  16. Strathcona3 addresses
  17. South Cambie2 addresses
  18. Sunset2 addresses
  19. Kerrisdale1 address
  20. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Granville StreetSeven addresses in Downtown, Fairview and Shaughnessy; seven people: F R Kerr, R Kerr, A Kerr and four more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 10th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: C R Kerr, H Ker, W J Kerr and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 14th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: H E Kerr, J Kerr, Mrs E Kerr and four more
    1940
  4. 4
    Haro StreetFour addresses in West End; six people: Mrs A E P Kerr, T C Kerr, Madeline B B Kerr and three more
    1940
  5. 5
    Nelson StreetFour addresses in West End; six people: G M Kerr, J S Kerr, T L Kerr and three more
    1940
  6. 6
    Comox StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: T H Kerr, J J Kerr and Kerr (no first name printed)
    1940
  7. 7
    East Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; three people: Daniel Kerr, Neil Kerr and Thomas Kerr
    1940
  8. 8
    East Pender StreetThree addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; three people: J G Kerr, S H Kerr and W Kerr
    1940
  9. 9
    Robson StreetThree addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: M M Kerr, Christine W Kerr, J Kerr and one more
    1940
  10. 10
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; four people: Mrs C B Kerr, W T Kerr, Aubrey Kerr and one more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 8th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: Mary Kerr, Mrs Edith Kerr and Wilson J Kerr
    1940
  12. 12
    Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy; five people: G H Kerr, N J Ker, Irene S Kerr and two more
    1940

84 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (2), Beatrice Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (2), East 54th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (2), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (2), East Broadway (2), East Cordova Street (2), East Georgia Street (2), Ferndale Street (1), Frances Street (1), French Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Lanark Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Larch Street (1), Main Street (2), Miller Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Napier Street (2), Nicola Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Osler Street (1), Pendrell Street (2), Powell Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Vine Street (1), Wall Street (1), Waverley Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 20th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (2), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 34th Avenue (2), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (2), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 40th Avenue (1), West 53rd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 65th Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 147 addresses, 52 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 36 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 57; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under K. Want a name removed? Tell us.