A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Maysmiths
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Maysmith at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Maysmiths lived
- 1
- 2
1204 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Nello B Maysmith, a branch manager at Vibra-Lite 1940
Next door in 1940: C E Kerr at 1210. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a branch manager and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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 S M Maysmith at 2025 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sterling M Maysmith there as the householder, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Nello B Maysmith at 1204 East 14th Avenue, a branch manager at Vibra-Lite.
Today
2025 Cornwall and 1204 East 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1204 East 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Maysmith S M2025 Cornwall, p. 37
- Maysmith Sterling M slsmn2025 Cornwall, p. 423
- Maysmith Nello B br mgr Vibra-Lite1204 East 14th, p. 423
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Maysmiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Maysmith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.