A family name on Cambridge Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on Cambridge 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Smiths lived
- 1
2235 Cambridge Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs E Irene Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: H M Barber at 2229 and G J Redhead at 2245. The block, door by door
- 2
2770 Cambridge Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E H Smith, a grocer manager at Ray's Market 1940
Next door in 1940: A Clegg at 2756 and Mrs E M Dougherty at 2792. The block, door by door
- 3
3618 Cambridge Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A H Smith, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss J V Newton at 3614 and L Piggott at 3624. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a grocer manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 E Irene Smith at 2235 Cambridge Street. E H Smith is listed at 2770 Cambridge Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eustace H Smith there as the householder, a grocer manager at Ray's Market.
A H Smith is listed at 3618 Cambridge Street in 1940; 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 Arthur H Smith there as the householder, a driver.
Today
2770 Cambridge still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3618 Cambridge (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2235 Cambridge, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Mrs E Irene2235 Cambridge, p. 568
- Smith E H2770 Cambridge, p. 25
- Smith Eustace H gro mgr Ray's Mkt2770 Cambridge, p. 569
- *Smith A H3618 Cambridge, p. 25
- Smith Arth H drvr3618 Cambridge, p. 568
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Smith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.