A family name on East 19th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on East 19th 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
240 East 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- H H Smith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: S Cain at 232 and J R McCallum at 246. The block, door by door
- 2
1136 East 19th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs M Smith, a telephone operator 1940
Next door in 1940: J Pike at 1132 and H Parsons at 1140. The block, door by door
- 3
1237 East 19th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs Agnes Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Ure at 1233. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a motorman and a telephone operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. 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 H H Smith at 240 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists H Herbert Smith there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Smith at 1136 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Smith there as the householder, a telephone operator.
The 1940 name section lists Mrs Agnes Smith at 1237 East 19th Avenue.
Today
240 East 19th, 1136 East 19th and 1237 East 19th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith H H240 East 19th, p. 228
- Smith H Herbt mtrmn BCER240 East 19th, p. 570
- Smith Mrs M1136 East 19th, p. 228
- Smith Mrs Margt tel opr1136 East 19th, p. 572
- Smith Mrs Agnes1237 East 19th, p. 567
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Smith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.