A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kerrisdales
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kerrisdale at two addresses in 1940 in Kerrisdale. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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 Kerrisdales lived
- 1
6392 Laburnum Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Kerrisdale 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Roberts at 6378. The block, door by door
- 2
2150 West 41st Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Tobacconists Kerrisdale 1940
Next door in 1940: Kerrisdale Transf at 2148 and Wilbee's Service Stores at 2154. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kerrisdale at 6392 Laburnum Street. Tobacconists Kerrisdale is listed at 2150 West 41st Avenue in 1940.
Today
2150 West 41st (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6392 Laburnum, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kerrisdale Miss D Thompson sec6392 Laburnum, p. 348
- Kerrisdale Tobacconists2150 West 41st, p. 258
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Kerrisdales
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kerrisdale 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.