A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses
The directories print ten people named Smith at nine addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue. 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
- 1
66 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Peter Smith, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Forbes at 54 and J A Millar at 72. The block, door by door
- 2
233 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs Louise G Smith, a kitchen helper at the Bank of Montreal 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Dunnigan at 235. The block, door by door
- 3
244 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Lawrence B Smith, a seaman at BC Cement 1940
Next door in 1940: T Amundsen at 228 and T J Dunstan at 246. The block, door by door
- 4
662 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Gladys M Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Mott at 656. The block, door by door
- 5
1548 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A E Smith, a fire warden at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L O'brien at 1542 and W McQuillan at 1556. The block, door by door
- 6
1620 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- P A Smith, a steward 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Childers at 1610 and W Hunt at 1622. The block, door by door
- 7
1843 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R L Smith, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: K Poulsen at 1839 and G H Chamberlain at 1849. The block, door by door
- 8
1857 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- William P Smith, a mechanic at Pacific Coast Novelty 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Chamberlain at 1849. The block, door by door
- 9
2310 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W A Smith, a boilermaker 1940
- Ralph E Smith, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: S A Boden at 2300 and F Moore at 2316. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for nine of the ten: a boilermaker, a carpenter, an engineer, a fire warden, a kitchen helper and a mechanic, among others.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (5) and Mount Pleasant (4). 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 Peter Smith at 66 East 11th Avenue, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Louise G Smith at 233 East 11th Avenue, a kitchen helper at the Bank of Montreal. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence B Smith at 244 East 11th Avenue, a seaman at BC Cement. The 1940 name section lists Gladys M Smith at 662 East 11th Avenue.
In 1940 the directory lists A E Smith at 1548 East 11th Avenue; 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 Alfred E Smith there as the householder, a fire warden at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists P A Smith at 1620 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Percival A Smith there as the householder, a steward.
In 1940 the directory lists R L Smith at 1843 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reuben L Smith there as the householder, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists William P Smith at 1857 East 11th Avenue, a mechanic at Pacific Coast Novelty.
W A Smith is listed at 2310 East 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William A Smith there as the householder, a boilermaker, with Ralph E Smith, a millworker.
Today
662 East 11th, 1548 East 11th and 1620 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2310 East 11th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 66 East 11th, 233 East 11th, 244 East 11th, 1843 East 11th and 1857 East 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Peter carp66 East 11th, p. 572
- Smith Mrs Louise G kitchen hlpr Bk of Mont233 East 11th, p. 572
- Smith Lawrence B seamn BC Cement244 East 11th, p. 571
- Smith Gladys M c s pract662 East 11th, p. 570
- *Smith A E1548 East 11th, p. 202
- Smith Alfd E fire warden Van City1548 East 11th, p. 567
- Smith P A1620 East 11th, p. 203
- Smith Percival A steward1620 East 11th, p. 572
- Smith R L1843 East 11th, p. 203
- Smith Reuben L eng1843 East 11th, p. 573
- Smith Wm P mech Pac Coast Novelty1857 East 11th, p. 574
- *Smith W A2310 East 11th, p. 203
- Smith Ralph E mlwkr2310 East 11th, p. 572
- Smith Wm A blrmkr2310 East 11th, p. 574
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.