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A family name on East 20th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on East 20th 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

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

    336 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D Smith, a truck operator at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacDonell at 334. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    746 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A W Smith, an agent for Monarch Life 1940
    • William A A Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Burnham at 734 and R W Dobbie at 750. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2870 East 20th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W D Smith, a helper for Darlington Haskins 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Davis at 2860 and J L Wood at 2880. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3138 East 20th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • S N Smith, an upholsterer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Wallin at 3134 and D Mitchell at 3142. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an agent, a helper, a truck operator and an upholsterer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 D Smith at 336 East 20th 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 David Smith there as the householder, a truck operator at BC Motor Transportation. In 1940 the directory lists A W Smith at 746 East 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex W Smith there as the householder, an agent for Monarch Life, with William A A Smith.

In 1940 the directory lists W D Smith at 2870 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William D Smith there as the householder, a helper for Darlington Haskins. In 1940 the directory lists S N Smith at 3138 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stan N Smith there as the householder, an upholsterer at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

336 East 20th (1993), 746 East 20th (2011), 2870 East 20th (1980) and 3138 East 20th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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.