A family name on Napier Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland
The Kerrs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Kerr at two addresses in 1940, all on Napier Street, 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Kerrs lived
- 1
3466 Napier Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D Kerr, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Georgeson at 3424 and L T Wilbur at 3474. The block, door by door
- 2
3489 Napier Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W A Kerr, a painter 1940
- Mary Kerr, widow of G 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Cranch at 3439 and Mrs E Harding at 3493. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an engineer and a painter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 D Kerr at 3466 Napier 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 Duncan Kerr there as the householder, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists W A Kerr at 3489 Napier Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William A Kerr there as the householder, a painter, with Mary Kerr, widow of G.
Today
3466 Napier still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 3489 Napier (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Kerr D3466 Napier, p. 118
- Kerr Duncan eng3466 Napier, p. 320
- *Kerr W A3489 Napier, p. 118
- Kerr Mary wid G3489 Napier, p. 321
- Kerr Wm A pntr3489 Napier, 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.