A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Kerrs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Kerr at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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.
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
1266 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Wilson J Kerr, a mechanic at Wege Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: L Bice at 1258 and Salv Army Rescue Home at 1280. The block, door by door
- 2
3732 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mary Kerr, widow of S 1940
Next door in 1940: E C Lockey at 3720 and W J Miller at 3744. The block, door by door
- 3
4066 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs Edith Kerr 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Borrie at 4056 and Miss M E Deakin at 4082. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 Wilson J Kerr at 1266 West 8th Avenue, a mechanic at Wege Motors. The 1940 name section lists Mary Kerr at 3732 West 8th Avenue, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Edith Kerr at 4066 West 8th Avenue.
Today
4066 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1266 West 8th and 3732 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kerr Wilson J mech Wege Motors1266 West 8th, p. 321
- Kerr Mary wid S3732 West 8th, p. 321
- Kerr Mrs Edith4066 West 8th, p. 320
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.