A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Kerrs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Kerr at two addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive, with the close spelling Ker. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Kerrs at 3989 Angus Drive in 1940. The directories print the name on 95 other streets too, all listed on the Kerr name's own page.
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Where the Kerrs lived
- 1
3802 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- G H Kerr, a chauffeur 1940
- Irene S Kerr, of Irene's Dressmaking Studio 1940
- 2
3989 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- N J Ker, an office 1940
- Isabel Ker 1940
- Walter G Ker, a secretary-treasurer at Ker & Ker 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Dorrance at 3979. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a chauffeur, an office and a secretary-treasurer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2). 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 G H Kerr at 3802 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George H Kerr there, a chauffeur, with Irene S Kerr, of Irene's Dressmaking Studio. In 1940 the directory lists N J Ker at 3989 Angus Drive; 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 Newton J Ker there as the householder, an office, with Isabel Ker, and Walter G Ker, a secretary-treasurer at Ker & Ker.
Today
3989 Angus Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1918 by the City's record; for 3802 Angus Drive, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kerr G H3802 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Kerr Geo H chauf3802 Angus Drive, p. 321
- Kerr Irene S of Irene's Drsmkg Studio r rr3802 Angus Drive, p. 321
- *Ker N J3989 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Ker Isabel3989 Angus Drive, p. 320
- Ker Newton J office 475 Howe3989 Angus Drive, p. 320
- Ker Walter G sec-treas Ker & Ker3989 Angus Drive, p. 320
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.