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The Smallwoods

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at 13 addresses

The directories print 15 people named Smallwood at 13 addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Smallwoods at 62 West 16th in 1940.

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Where the Smallwoods lived

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

    628 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Smallwood (no first name printed) 1940
  2. 2

    6455 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • V W Smallwood, proprietor of Vin's Used Cars 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W N Gaites at 6435. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4961 Collingwood Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Smallwood, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Hotham at 4937. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    278 East 55th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • T Smallwood, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: I A Park at 258 and R Gibb at 286. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    160 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Reginald Smallwood, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Thea Barber Shop at 146 and Regent Hotel Shoe Shine at 162. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Smallwood, a machinist operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    955 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • David Smallwood, a driver at M T Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bota at 953 and H D Eldridge at 965. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    9250 Oak Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C G Smallwood 1940
  9. 9

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H G Smallwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    6395 Prince Edward Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Irene E Smallwood, a domestic for Mrs E M Buchan 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Ferguson at 6381. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    4471 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C Smallwood, a traveller auditor at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: T West at 4465 and T Binnie at 4477. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    62 West 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Miss P C Smallwood 1940
    • Pearl C Smallwood, a stenographer at Great Western Smelting 1940
    • Kate Smallwood, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Gilbert at 76. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    3111 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Geoffrey Y Smallwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: D W Reeve at 3137. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 15: a domestic, a driver, a fisherman, a machinist operator, a mechanic and a proprietor, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4), Sunset (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, Marpole, Riley Park, West End 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 Smallwood (no first name printed) at 628 Broughton Street. V W Smallwood is listed at 6455 Chester Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Vincent W Smallwood there as the householder, proprietor of Vin's Used Cars.

W Smallwood is listed at 4961 Collingwood Street 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 William Smallwood there as the householder, retired. T Smallwood is listed at 278 East 55th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Smallwood there as the householder, a mechanic.

The 1940 name section lists Reginald Smallwood at 160 East Hastings Street, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists John Smallwood at 1261 Granville Street, a machinist operator. The 1940 name section lists David Smallwood at 955 Homer Street, a driver at M T Co. In 1940 the directory lists C G Smallwood at 9250 Oak Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

The 1940 name section lists H G Smallwood at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Irene E Smallwood at 6395 Prince Edward Street, a domestic for Mrs E M Buchan. C Smallwood is listed at 4471 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clif Smallwood there as the householder, a traveller auditor at the CPR.

Miss P C Smallwood is listed at 62 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Pearl C Smallwood there as the householder, a stenographer at Great Western Smelting, with Kate Smallwood, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Geoffrey Y Smallwood at 3111 West 42nd Avenue.

Today

160 East Hastings and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; 4961 Collingwood (2013), 278 East 55th (1960), 4471 West 12th (2013), 62 West 16th (2005) and 3111 West 42nd (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 628 Broughton, 6455 Chester, 955 Homer, 9250 Oak, 123 Powell and 6395 Prince Edward, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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

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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.