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The Smileys

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Smiley at ten addresses in 1940 in six 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 Smileys 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

    1306 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Smiley 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R H Insley at 1318. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2414 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W J Smiley 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Deaville at 2412 and Mrs A Hutchison at 2424. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    601 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • E F Smiley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wharf Denman at 607. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2861 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G A Smiley, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Ward at 2855 and J J Taylor at 2873. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1755 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • William E Smiley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Baldwin at 1747 and Steam Baths Crystal at 1763. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Theo Smiley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    575 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Smiley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E G Thompson at 581. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    225 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • James Smiley 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 229. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2632 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J D Smiley, a salesman at Jordans 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Gurney at 2620 and T A Harold at 2644. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    812 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J A Smiley, a gauger at the Customs 1940
    • D June Smiley, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J MacLeod at 806 and W R Smith at 820. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eleven: a gauger, a longshoreman, a nurse and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Kitsilano (2), West End (2), Renfrew-Collingwood and South Cambie. 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 J A Smiley at 1306 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James A Smiley there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W J Smiley at 2414 Cornwall Avenue; 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 J Smiley there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists E F Smiley at 601 Denman Street. The 1940 name section lists E F Smiley there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G A Smiley at 2861 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George A Smiley there as the householder, a longshoreman.

The 1940 name section lists William E Smiley at 1755 East Hastings Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Theo Smiley at 1212 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Smiley at 575 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists James Smiley at 225 Victoria Drive.

In 1940 the directory lists J D Smiley at 2632 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Doug Smiley there as the householder, a salesman at Jordans. In 1940 the directory lists J A Smiley at 812 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Smiley there as the householder, a gauger at the Customs, with D June Smiley, a nurse.

Today

1306 Bidwell, 1212 Granville, 2632 West 12th and 812 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1306 Bidwell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2861 East 21st (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2414 Cornwall, 601 Denman, 1755 East Hastings, 575 Hornby and 225 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.