A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Kerrs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kerr at two addresses in 1940, all on West 34th 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 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
Southlands
- 1
3509 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- T G Kerr, a reviser at Empire Universal Films 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Cockburn at 3513. The block, door by door
- 2
3741 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J P Kerr, a clerk at the Customs 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Bruyneel at 3725 and Rev W J Thomson at 3757. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a reviser.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 T G Kerr at 3509 West 34th 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 T Gordon Kerr there as the householder, a reviser at Empire Universal Films. In 1940 the directory lists J P Kerr at 3741 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John P Kerr there as the householder, a clerk at the Customs.
Today
3741 West 34th (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3509 West 34th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Kerr T G3509 West 34th, p. 250
- Kerr T Gordon reviser Empire Univ Films3509 West 34th, p. 321
- *Kerr J P3741 West 34th, p. 250
- Kerr John P clk Customs3741 West 34th, 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.