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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Kerrs

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Kerr at five addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, 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

    1246 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ruby A Kerr, a psychologist at the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B W Macdougall at 1234 and Miss G MacKenzie at 1252. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1855 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N B Kerr 1940
    • Neil M Kerr, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Ainsworth at 1845 and J Inglis at 1865. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2845 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H E Kerr, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Baird at 2835 and J Murray at 2855. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3435 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E Kerr 1940
    • John B Kerr, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hornby at 3485. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4137 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Kerr, a building contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J Evans at 4129 and D H Yelf at 4143. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a building contractor, a conductor, a mechanic, a psychologist and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ruby A Kerr at 1246 West 14th Avenue, a psychologist at the Vancouver City School Board. N B Kerr is listed at 1855 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Neil M Kerr there as the householder, a salesman.

H E Kerr is listed at 2845 West 14th Avenue 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 Harold E Kerr there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. Mrs E Kerr is listed at 3435 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elizabeth Kerr there as the householder, with John B Kerr, a mechanic.

J Kerr is listed at 4137 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Kerr there as the householder, a building contractor.

Today

2845 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 1855 West 14th (1979), 3435 West 14th (1991) and 4137 West 14th (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1246 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.