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A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Smith at eight addresses in 1940, all on Davie 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

    845 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Milligan at 839 and United Electric at 847. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1032 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Edward C Smith, a machinist operator at Bartram Paper Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ballroom Embassy at 1024 and Valet My at 1034. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1114 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marie A Smith, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R MacDonald at 1110 and W H Branstrom at 1122. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1125 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Phyllis Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N D Brown at 1121 and J Coulter at 1131. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1173 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Elizabeth Smith, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Mrs Ellen Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Shepherd at 1165 and Mrs M J Carroll at 1181. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1260 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Styles at 1256. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1627 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Isabelle Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: menlo court at 1611 and Mrs A Crossley at 1637. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1748 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Don Smith, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D Gavin at 1746 and A C Wilson at 1750. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the nine: a clerk, a machinist operator and an on active service.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (7) and Downtown. 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 S Smith at 845 Davie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward C Smith at 1032 Davie Street, a machinist operator at Bartram Paper Products. The 1940 name section lists Marie A Smith at 1114 Davie Street, a student. The 1940 name section lists Phyllis Smith at 1125 Davie Street.

The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Smith at 1173 Davie Street, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company, with Mrs Ellen Smith. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Smith at 1260 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Isabelle Smith at 1627 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Don Smith at 1748 Davie Street, on active service.

Today

1125 Davie (1950) and 1173 Davie (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 845 Davie, 1032 Davie, 1114 Davie, 1260 Davie, 1627 Davie and 1748 Davie, 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.