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bkpr. in a city directory means bookkeeper, a clerk who kept a firm's account books.
Directory glossaries list bkpr. for bookkeeper. The word after it usually names the firm, so the entry tells you both the job and the employer.
The 1900 census instructions asked enumerators to name the kind of firm for a bookkeeper, as in bookkeeper-wholesale dry goods, so compare the directory and census lines for the same year.
As seen in a recordEntry in a city directory
Dowling Nora, bkpr. Smith Hardware Co.
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Daily Ancestor. "bkpr.." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/abbreviations/bkpr. Last checked 2026-10-12.