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A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Kerrs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Kerr at three addresses in 1940, all on East Pender Street, with the close spelling Ker. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    2515 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • S H Kerr, proprietor of Mac's Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Clark at 2509 and F Hoffman at 2521. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2595 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Kerr, an attendant at the Hastings Garage & Signal Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E A Greenaway at 2591. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2851 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J G Kerr, a station manager at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Wilson at 2841 and Mrs S Allen at 2857. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an attendant, a proprietor and a station manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3). 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 S H Kerr at 2515 East Pender Street; 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 Sam H Kerr there as the householder, proprietor of Mac's Barber Shop. In 1940 the directory lists W Kerr at 2595 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Kerr there as the householder, an attendant at the Hastings Garage & Signal Service.

In 1940 the directory lists J G Kerr at 2851 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists James G Kerr there as the householder, a station manager at Shell Oil.

Today

2515 East Pender (1976), 2595 East Pender (1974) and 2851 East Pender (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 2515 East Pender: no archive photo of the 2500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Kerrs

Every directory, as one book

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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.