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A family name on Charles Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at seven addresses

The directories print 14 people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on Charles 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: four Smiths at 1550 Charles 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

    1550 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Cecil M Smith, a bridgeman at the CPR 1940
    • Robert Smith, retired 1940
    • Stan G Smith 1940
    • W Russell Smith, a janitor for P Parker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacFarlan at 1542 and F C Perry at 1552. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1630 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J I Smith, retired 1940
    • James E Smith, a driver 1940
    • Thomas P Smith, a glazier 1940

    Next door in 1940: N H Schooley at 1622 and M E Weber at 1636. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1824 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W R Smith, a salesman at Crystal Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: L S Powell at 1818 and W H Noble at 1836. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1978 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A J Smith, a driver at Begbie Trucking 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Petersen at 1972 and H Rintoul at 1980. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2209 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs E R Smith 1940
    • Robert Smith, a steelworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Logan at 2205 and Mrs A E McGill at 2215. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2316 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss I Smith 1940
    • Isabella Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Liddell at 2306 and H G Brookwell at 2326. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3240 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • P A Smith, a steam fitter 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Lee at 3246. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 14: a driver (2), a bridgeman, a glazier, a janitor, a salesman and a steam fitter, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (6) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Cecil M Smith at 1550 Charles Street, a bridgeman at the CPR, with Robert Smith, retired, Stan G Smith, and W Russell Smith, a janitor for P Parker. J I Smith is listed at 1630 Charles 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 James I Smith there as the householder, retired, with James E Smith, a driver, and Thomas P Smith, a glazier.

W R Smith is listed at 1824 Charles Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William R Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Crystal Dairy. A J Smith is listed at 1978 Charles Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert J Smith there as the householder, a driver at Begbie Trucking.

Mrs E R Smith is listed at 2209 Charles Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elizabeth R Smith there as the householder, with Robert Smith, a steelworker. Miss I Smith is listed at 2316 Charles Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Isabella Smith there as the householder.

P A Smith is listed at 3240 Charles Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Purvis A Smith there as the householder, a steam fitter.

Today

1630 Charles, 1978 Charles, 2209 Charles and 2316 Charles still have their buildings from before 1946; 1824 Charles (1972) and 3240 Charles (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1550 Charles, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1550 Charles: no archive photo of the 1500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 19 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.