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A family name on Alberni Street, West End

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on Alberni Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 305 other streets too, all listed on the Smith name's own page.

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Where the Smiths lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1220 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • T L Smith, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Ramstrom at 1216 and S G Ferris at 1222. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1243 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss P Naster at 1255. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1259 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E A Smith, a stenographer at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 1257 and P H Wilson at 1261. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1614 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Peter Smith, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rowell at 1616. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1815 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Ferguson at 1829. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1830 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Lillian Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Cox at 1822 and F C Yarrell at 1836. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a blacksmith and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (6). 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 T L Smith, rooms to let, at 1220 Alberni 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 Thomas Smith at 1243 Alberni Street. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E A Smith at 1259 Alberni Street. The 1940 name section lists Edith A Smith there as the householder, widow of A, with Mrs Edna Smith, a stenographer at Pacific Coyle Navigation.

The 1940 name section lists Peter Smith at 1614 Alberni Street, a blacksmith. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Smith at 1815 Alberni Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian Smith at 1830 Alberni Street.

Today

1614 Alberni still has its building from before 1946, dated 1904 by the City's record; 1830 Alberni (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1220 Alberni, 1243 Alberni, 1259 Alberni and 1815 Alberni, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.