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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kershaws

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at nine addresses

The directories print nine people named Kershaw at nine addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Kershaws 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

    1234 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J H Kershaw, a houseman at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Ludlow at 1228 and F Bond at 1248. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    678 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J A Kershaw, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Critchley at 672 and L Rosenlund at 682. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3785 Maxwell Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Hubert Kershaw, a canneryman 1940
  4. 4

    3524 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J B Kershaw, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Goode at 3518 and D M Gorman at 3528. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2631 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R Kershaw 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Bell at 2625 and Mrs H V Marshall at 2633. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3040 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J W Kershaw, a salesman at Clarkson's 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Yates at 3030 and Mrs I V Flower at 3060. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2131 West 44th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mary Kershaw, a maid for N Musgrave 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Whyte at 2123 and Mrs V B Lord at 2147. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2017 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Amy Kershaw, a maid for G K Macpherson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Ogsett at 2005 and G F Bonnycastle at 2031. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    305 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L Kershaw, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Vickers at 303 and W Graham at 307. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a maid (2), a salesman (2), a canneryman, a houseman and a printer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Kerrisdale (2) and Kitsilano. 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 J H Kershaw at 1234 East 22nd 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 John H Kershaw there as the householder, a houseman at the Vancouver Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists J A Kershaw, a printer, at 678 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists John A Kershaw there, a printer.

The 1940 name section lists Hubert Kershaw at 3785 Maxwell Street, a canneryman. J B Kershaw is listed at 3524 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James B Kershaw there as the householder, retired.

R Kershaw is listed at 2631 West 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Kershaw there as the householder. J W Kershaw is listed at 3040 West 27th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John W Kershaw there as the householder, a salesman at Clarkson's.

The 1940 name section lists Mary Kershaw at 2131 West 44th Avenue, a maid for N Musgrave. The 1940 name section lists Amy Kershaw at 2017 West 45th Avenue, a maid for G K Macpherson. L Kershaw is listed at 305 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Louis Kershaw there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

3524 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 3785 Maxwell (2009), 3040 West 27th (2015) and 2017 West 45th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1234 East 22nd, 678 Homer, 2631 West 1st, 2131 West 44th and 305 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Kershaws

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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.