A family name on Alberni Street, West End
The Kerrs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Kerr at one address, 1894 Alberni Street in West End, in 1940, with the close spelling Ker. The directories print the name on 95 other streets too, all listed on the Kerr name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Kerrs at home
- 1
1894 Alberni Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs M Kerr, widow of R 1940
- Bryce Kerr 1940
- Janet Kerr, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: R Waters at 1890 and H E Stephens at 1898. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West End. 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 M Kerr at 1894 Alberni Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Kerr there as the householder, widow of R, with Bryce Kerr, and Janet Kerr, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
Today
The City no longer lists 1894 Alberni, so that building is 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.
- Kerr Mrs M1894 Alberni, p. 3
- Kerr Bryce1894 Alberni, p. 320
- Kerr Janet slswm Spencers1894 Alberni, p. 321
- Kerr Mary wid R1894 Alberni, p. 321
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kerrs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kerr name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.