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A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Kerrs

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Kerr at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Kerrs at 972 West 23rd 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

    972 West 23rd Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • A Kerr, a salesman at Crane 1940
    • Elizabeth J Kerr, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Lorna A Kerr, a comptroller operator for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Rowan at 964 and Mrs R A Henderson at 978. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3535 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs H Kerr, widow of J 1940
    • David S Kerr, an assistant shipper at Tuckett 1940
    • Rosina Kerr, a packer at Nabob Food Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: B V Balabanov at 3529 and H A Cullon at 3541. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an assistant shipper, a comptroller operator, an employee, a packer and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 A Kerr at 972 West 23rd Avenue; 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 Albert Kerr there as the householder, a salesman at Crane, with Elizabeth J Kerr, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Lorna A Kerr, a comptroller operator for Kelly Douglas. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Kerr at 3535 West 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Helen Kerr there as the householder, widow of J, with David S Kerr, an assistant shipper at Tuckett, and Rosina Kerr, a packer at Nabob Food Products.

Today

972 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 3535 West 23rd (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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

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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.