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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Goldsmiths

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Goldsmith 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 Goldsmiths lived

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

    2562 Crown Street

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E M Goldsmith, a president at Associated Financial Brokers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Appleby at 2538. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1295 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C W Goldsmith, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Cackette at 1287. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    625 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Goldsmith, a cook at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Rachart at 623 and Mrs A Morton at 637. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4293 Welwyn Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G E Goldsmith, a miner 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a cook, a fireman, a miner and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Downtown 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

In 1940 the directory lists E M Goldsmith at 2562 Crown 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 Emanuel M Goldsmith there as the householder, a president at Associated Financial Brokers. In 1940 the directory lists C W Goldsmith at 1295 East 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Goldsmith there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

The 1940 name section lists William Goldsmith at 625 Hornby Street, a cook at the Vancouver Hotel. G E Goldsmith is listed at 4293 Welwyn Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George E Goldsmith there as the householder, a miner.

Today

2562 Crown still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 1295 East 27th (1992) and 4293 Welwyn (1999) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 625 Hornby, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.