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A family name on Haro Street, West End

The Kerrs

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Kerr at four addresses in 1940, all on Haro 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

    1144 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A E P Kerr, widow of C D 1940
    • Madeline B B Kerr, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M P Denholm at 1132 and D McL Robertson at 1150. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1665 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Y Kerr, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Hobbs at 1657 and W J Nethercott at 1671. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1716 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • T C Kerr, a proprietor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J MacKenzie at 1700 and L W Brett at 1718. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1906 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert Kerr, an office manager at Macaulay Nicolls Maitland 1940
    • Ron M Kerr, a clerk at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Abbott at 1918. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk (2), an office manager and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 A E P Kerr at 1144 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Ann E P Kerr there as the householder, widow of C D, with Madeline B B Kerr, a clerk at the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Y Kerr at 1665 Haro Street, retired.

T C Kerr is listed at 1716 Haro Street in 1940; 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 Thomas C Kerr there as the householder, a proprietor. The 1940 name section lists Robert Kerr at 1906 Haro Street, an office manager at Macaulay Nicolls Maitland, with Ron M Kerr, a clerk at Burns & Co.

Today

1906 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1144 Haro, 1665 Haro and 1716 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.