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A family name on Bidwell Street, West End

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on Bidwell 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

    851 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • J V Smith, a salesman 1940
    • Blanche Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C R Purdy at 825 and Rev L Amor at 891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1203 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Cecil Smith, who worked for Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maxine Beauty School at 1215. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1232 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • G W Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Salsbury at 1218 and bowes lyon at 1236. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1236 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • T E Smith, an office manager at Safeway Stores 1940
    • Noel B Smith, a commercial artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Smith at 1232 and Mrs M Szekely at 1250. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1254 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Mary Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Szekely at 1250 and A R Dale at 1256. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a commercial artist, an employee, an office manager and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 V Smith at 851 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James V Smith there as the householder, a salesman, with Blanche Smith. The 1940 name section lists Cecil Smith at 1203 Bidwell Street, who worked for Boeing's. G W Smith is listed at 1232 Bidwell Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists T E Smith at 1236 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section lists Theodore E Smith there as the householder, an office manager at Safeway Stores, with Noel B Smith, a commercial artist. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary Smith at 1254 Bidwell Street.

Today

851 Bidwell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 1236 Bidwell (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1203 Bidwell, 1232 Bidwell and 1254 Bidwell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.