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A family name on Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on Commercial Drive. 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

    1472 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F S Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Silvers at 1470. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1503 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs E B Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Matheson at 1501 and Mrs E McLeod at 1505. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1620 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W H Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Hamilton at 1618 and Safeway Stores at 1622. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1674 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • B T Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Silk Shops Sobie at 1670 and F A Elliott at 1678. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1718 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F S Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Manitoba Hdw at 1714 and Grandview Thea at 1730. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1917 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McGeachy at 1915 and Sweet E E barber & at 1919. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2115 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs E Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H McCloy at 2125. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (7). 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 F S Smith at 1472 Commercial Drive. Mrs E B Smith is listed at 1503 Commercial Drive in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists W H Smith at 1620 Commercial Drive. B T Smith is listed at 1674 Commercial Drive in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists F S Smith at 1718 Commercial Drive. A Smith is listed at 1917 Commercial Drive in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Smith at 2115 Commercial Drive.

Today

1674 Commercial Drive and 2115 Commercial Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1472 Commercial Drive, 1503 Commercial Drive, 1620 Commercial Drive, 1718 Commercial Drive and 1917 Commercial Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The staff of Duke's Grocery in their aprons and coats outside the store at 1588 Commercial Drive
1920 The staff of Duke's Grocery in their aprons and coats outside the store at 1588 Commercial Drive. Not at the house at 1472 Commercial Drive: no archive photo of the 1400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99 - 3274. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

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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.