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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Smallmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Smallman 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 Smallmans 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

    5881 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • G Smallman, proprietor of Viola's Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Fanson at 5865 and Wood's Furn Store at 5885. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1066 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charlotte Smallman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Singleton at 1064 and E M Lanctot at 1076. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2044 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Smallman, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Kennedy at 2032 and J Dornan at 2050. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, 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 G Smallman at 5881 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Smallman there as the householder, proprietor of Viola's Confectionery. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte Smallman at 1066 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists H Smallman at 2044 West 1st Avenue, a carpenter.

Today

The City no longer lists 5881 Fraser, 1066 West 10th and 2044 West 1st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street
17 March 1936 The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street. Not at the house at 5881 Fraser: no archive photo of the 5800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4867. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Smallmans

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.