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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Arrowsmiths

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Arrowsmith at three 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 Arrowsmiths 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

    368 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John H Arrowsmith, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Clark at 366 and J A Parsons at 376. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4506 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs H Arrowsmith, widow of J 1940
    • Clive Arrowsmith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Gagne at 4514. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    940 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Wallace G Arrowsmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lundberg A Co at 938 and L J Mahrer at 942. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a mechanic and a motorman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 John H Arrowsmith at 368 East 6th Avenue, a mechanic. Mrs H Arrowsmith is listed at 4506 West 9th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Helen Arrowsmith there as the householder, widow of J, with Clive Arrowsmith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Wallace G Arrowsmith at 940 West Pender Street.

Today

368 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4506 West 9th and 940 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Arrowsmiths

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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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.