A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
The Kerrs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kerr at two addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway, 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 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
750 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A S Kerr, who worked for the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: Lending Lib Stinson at 748 and Templeton Beauty Shop at 752. The block, door by door
- 2
1453 East Broadway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J Kerr, a warehouseman at Bapco 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Payne at 1455. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 A S Kerr at 750 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert S Kerr there as the householder, who worked for the Canadian Government. In 1940 the directory lists J Kerr at 1453 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists James Kerr there as the householder, a warehouseman at Bapco.
Today
750 East Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1453 East Broadway, 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 A S750 East Broadway, p. 15
- Kerr Albt S ship's tackle inspr Can Govt750 East Broadway, p. 320
- Kerr J1453 East Broadway, p. 16
- Kerr Jas whsmn Bapco1453 East Broadway, 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.