A family name on East 13th Avenue, Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · 16 people at seven addresses
The directories print 16 people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on East 13th Avenue. 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 1050 East 13th 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
- 1
406 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Thomas A Smith, an apprentice at Willock Truck 1940
Next door in 1940: F B Durrant at 446. The block, door by door
- 2
543 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W J Smith 1940
- Harold N Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: J McLean at 537 and J C Begg at 547. The block, door by door
- 3
617 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Alice E Smith, widow of S W 1940
Next door in 1940: T J Stoddart at 643. The block, door by door
- 4
871 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W H Smith, an accountant 1940
- Barbara H Smith, a nurse 1940
- Peter B Smith, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: E W Maudsley at 869. The block, door by door
- 5
1050 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Smith, a foreman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Alex J Smith, a messenger 1940
- Edith Smith 1940
- Gordon Smith, an apprentice at Capitol Welders 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Doyle at 1044 and H Tierney at 1058. The block, door by door
- 6
1355 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- D M Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: J Dornan at 1343 and Mrs J Cameron at 1363. The block, door by door
- 7
1604 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C M Smith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Charles O Smith 1940
- Earl M Smith, a helper at Hedlunds 1940
- Harold Smith, a delivery at O K Stores 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for nine of the 16: an apprentice (2), an accountant, a delivery, a foreman, a helper and a messenger, among others. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (5) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 Thomas A Smith at 406 East 13th Avenue, an apprentice at Willock Truck. W J Smith is listed at 543 East 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Smith there as the householder, with Harold N Smith. The 1940 name section lists Alice E Smith at 617 East 13th Avenue, widow of S W.
In 1940 the directory lists W H Smith at 871 East 13th 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 Walter H Smith there as the householder, an accountant, with Barbara H Smith, a nurse, and Peter B Smith, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 1050 East 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder, a foreman at the BC Electric Railway, with Alex J Smith, a messenger, Edith Smith, and Gordon Smith, an apprentice at Capitol Welders.
In 1940 the directory lists D M Smith at 1355 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists David M Smith there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists C M Smith at 1604 East 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles M Smith there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Charles O Smith, Earl M Smith, a helper at Hedlunds, and Harold Smith, a delivery at O K Stores.
Today
543 East 13th, 871 East 13th, 1050 East 13th and 1355 East 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 617 East 13th (1979) and 1604 East 13th (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 406 East 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 21 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Thos A appr Willock Truck406 East 13th, p. 573
- Smith W J543 East 13th, p. 210
- Smith Harold N543 East 13th, p. 570
- Smith Wm J543 East 13th, p. 574
- Smith Alice E wid S W617 East 13th, p. 567
- *Smith W H871 East 13th, p. 210
- Smith Barbara H nurse871 East 13th, p. 568
- Smith Peter B studt871 East 13th, p. 572
- Smith Walter H acct 7, 342 W Pender871 East 13th, p. 573
- *Smith J1050 East 13th, p. 210
- Smith Alex J msngr1050 East 13th, p. 567
- Smith Edith1050 East 13th, p. 568
- Smith Gordon appr Capitol Wldrs1050 East 13th, p. 570
- Smith Jas formn BCER1050 East 13th, p. 571
- Smith D M1355 East 13th, p. 210
- Smith David M1355 East 13th, p. 568
- *Smith C M1604 East 13th, p. 210
- Smith Chas M mtrmn BCER1604 East 13th, p. 568
- Smith Chas O1604 East 13th, p. 568
- Smith Earl M hlpr Hedlunds1604 East 13th, p. 568
- Smith Harold del O K Stores1604 East 13th, p. 570
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.