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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kimberleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Kimberley at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Kimberleys 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

    7886 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • E A Kimberley, a building contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Heard at 7870 and A B Biggan at 7898. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    203 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E Kimberley, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L (side entrance) Pip at 209. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7829 Oak Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • E Kimberley, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Sinclair at 7859. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2158 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Arthur J Kimberley, a salesman at Rendell Tractor & Equipment 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Overett at 2154 and R L Williams at 2166. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a building contractor, a carpenter, a conductor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 E A Kimberley, a building contractor, at 7886 Cartier Street; 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 Edward A Kimberley there, a building contractor. In 1940 the directory lists E Kimberley at 203 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Kimberley there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists E Kimberley at 7829 Oak Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Kimberley there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Kimberley at 2158 West 13th Avenue, a salesman at Rendell Tractor & Equipment.

Today

203 East 6th and 2158 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2158 West 13th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 7886 Cartier (2004) and 7829 Oak (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 7886 Cartier: no archive photo of the 7800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Kimberleys

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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.