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A family name on East 18th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on East 18th 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: three Smiths at 96 East 18th 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

    96 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs R A Smith, widow of D 1940
    • Alice M Smith, a stenographer 1940
    • William Smith, a laborer at Atlas Iron & Metals 1940

    Next door in 1940: B B Simmons at 84. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    280 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • M D Smith, a blacksmith at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
    • Hazel A Smith, a student 1940
  3. 3

    356 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • James Smith, a caulker at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Bolding at 350. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1496 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Nellie J Smith, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Martin at 1490. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2655 East 18th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A Smith, a shipper at Gordon & Belyea 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Marchinton at 2647 and W Monks at 2661. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a blacksmith, a caulker, a laborer, a saleswoman, a shipper and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Burrard Dry Dock. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Mrs R A Smith at 96 East 18th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Rose A Smith there as the householder, widow of D, with Alice M Smith, a stenographer, and William Smith, a laborer at Atlas Iron & Metals. In 1940 the directory lists M D Smith at 280 East 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm D Smith there as the householder, a blacksmith at the Burrard Dry Dock, with Hazel A Smith, a student.

The 1940 name section lists James Smith at 356 East 18th Avenue, a caulker at the Burrard Dry Dock. The 1940 name section lists Nellie J Smith at 1496 East 18th Avenue, a saleswoman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists A Smith at 2655 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex Smith there as the householder, a shipper at Gordon & Belyea.

Today

280 East 18th and 356 East 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 96 East 18th (2015) and 2655 East 18th (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1496 East 18th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.