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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kipps

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Kipp at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Kipps lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3415 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D Kipp, a cook at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Donald at 3421. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    636 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Beatrice Kipp 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Fawcett at 626 and Mrs S A Munro at 646. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1042 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Kipp (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: McDonald Bowell at 1040 and F C Moore at 1044. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2257 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L A Kipp, proprietor of Madison Barbers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Willis at 2255 and A Stewart at 2265. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1676 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Olive M Kipp, a telephone operator at Dodwell & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cristall at 1666 and J McKenna at 1686. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3118 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Judith Kipp 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Taylor at 3112 and Mrs L V Guthrie at 3124. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a cook, a proprietor and a telephone operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and Sunset. 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 D Kipp at 3415 Dundas Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David Kipp there as the householder, a cook at Imperial Oil. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice Kipp at 636 East 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Kipp (no first name printed) at 1042 Melville Street.

In 1940 the directory lists L A Kipp at 2257 Turner Street. The 1940 name section lists Lyle A Kipp there as the householder, proprietor of Madison Barbers. The 1940 name section lists Olive M Kipp at 1676 West 13th Avenue, a telephone operator at Dodwell & Co. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Judith Kipp at 3118 West 1st Avenue.

Today

3415 Dundas and 636 East 45th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1042 Melville, 2257 Turner, 1676 West 13th and 3118 West 1st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.