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A family name on Bute Street, West End and Downtown

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on Bute Street. 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 Smiths at 1065 Bute in 1940. 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

    644 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Marion Smith, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Docksteader at 690. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    779 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 759 and reo (the) at 787. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    894 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marcus W Smith, a mechanic at Bartram Paper Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: beaconsfield apts at 884. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    990 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • I W Smith, a conductor at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: norwood (the) at 958. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • H M Smith 1940
    • Miss E L Smith 1940
    • Evelyn R Smith, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Hunter M Smith, a manager for Strathmore Lodge 1940
    • Ruby Smith, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1206 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Clara Smith, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F A Coughlin at 1216. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a saleswoman (2), a conductor, a dressmaker, a manager, a mechanic and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5) and Downtown (2). 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 Mrs Marion Smith at 644 Bute Street, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists James Smith at 779 Bute Street. The 1940 name section lists Marcus W Smith at 894 Bute Street, a mechanic at Bartram Paper Products.

I W Smith is listed at 990 Bute Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists I Walter Smith there as the householder, a conductor at the CNR.

Miss E L Smith is listed at 1065 Bute Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is H M Smith. The 1940 name section lists Evelyn R Smith there, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Hunter M Smith at 1086 Bute Street as the householder, a manager for Strathmore Lodge, with Ruby Smith, a saleswoman at Woolworths.

The 1940 name section lists Clara Smith at 1206 Bute Street, a dressmaker.

Today

990 Bute, 1065 Bute and 1086 Bute still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 644 Bute, 779 Bute, 894 Bute and 1206 Bute, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.