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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Kerrs

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Kerr at seven addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P McD Kerr, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    635 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Horace Kerr, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Chapman E Ltd at 633 and Tip Top Tailors at 637. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    751 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F R Kerr, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Orpheum Hosiery Shop at 749 and Aloha Hat Shop at 755. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Kerr 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harold Kerr 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2414 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • F R Kerr, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Quartermaine at 2412 and Bedding Capitol at 2416. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    5288 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R Kerr, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Hiland at 5262. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a dentist, a mechanic and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5), Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 P McD Kerr, a barrister, at 470 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Horace Kerr at 635 Granville Street, a mechanic. In 1940 the directory lists F R Kerr, a dentist, at 751 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists A Kerr at 1060 Granville Street.

The 1940 name section lists Harold Kerr at 1390 Granville Street. F R Kerr is listed at 2414 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists F Ralston Kerr there as the householder, a dentist.

R Kerr is listed at 5288 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Kerr there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

470 Granville, 1060 Granville and 2414 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 635 Granville, 751 Granville, 1390 Granville and 5288 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2414 Granville: no archive photo of the 2400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.