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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

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 Nelson 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 most under one roof: three Kerrs at 1058 Nelson in 1940. 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

    1015 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • G M Kerr 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Usher at 1013 and Mrs N S Switzer at 1017. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1058 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • J S Kerr, retired 1940
    • T L Kerr, an architect 1940
    • Audrey M Kerr 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1115 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Stan H Kerr, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Davis at 1111 and W A Campbell at 1117. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1415 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Kerr, a salesman at Beatty Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: 8 listings at 1419. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a salesman (2) and an architect.

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 G M Kerr at 1015 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George M Kerr there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists T L Kerr at 1058 Nelson Street. By 1940 it is J S Kerr. The 1940 name section lists James S Kerr there as the householder, retired, with Thomas L Kerr, an architect, and Audrey M Kerr. The 1940 name section lists Stan H Kerr at 1115 Nelson Street, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Kerr at 1415 Nelson Street, a salesman at Beatty Bros.

Today

1058 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1115 Nelson (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1015 Nelson and 1415 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1058 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. 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.