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A family name on Arbutus Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on Arbutus 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

    1240 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Smith, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940
    • Ken C Smith, an apprentice at Kitsilano Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Eddleston at 1220 and J F Johnston at 1260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1838 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L J Smith, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Udy at 1836 and S Hudson at 1846. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2200 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Smith, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: S P N Smith at 2210. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2210 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S P N Smith 1940
    • Mollie Smith, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Smith at 2200 and W G Weston at 2220. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an apprentice, a nurse, an on active service and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4). 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 A Smith at 1240 Arbutus Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur Smith there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR, with Audrey Smith, a saleswoman at Woolworths, and Ken C Smith, an apprentice at Kitsilano Drug. In 1940 the directory lists L J Smith at 1838 Arbutus Street. The 1940 name section lists Leslie J Smith there as the householder, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Smith, a confectioner, at 2200 Arbutus Street. S P N Smith is listed at 2210 Arbutus Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sid P N Smith there as the householder, with Mollie Smith, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital.

Today

2200 Arbutus still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1240 Arbutus, 1838 Arbutus and 2210 Arbutus, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.