A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on East 21st 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 2802 East 21st 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
- 2
2802 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W Smith, a cutter at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940
- Jessie Smith, an operator at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940
- Marjorie Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: L M Stone at 2820. The block, door by door
- 3
3126 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- O Smith, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: D C Carscadden at 3124 and N Turner at 3154. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cutter, a driver, a maid and an operator. Two of them worked for Jantzen Knit Mills.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3). 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 Jessie Smith at 2755 East 21st Avenue, a maid at Vancouver Preventorium. W Smith is listed at 2802 East 21st Avenue in 1940; 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 William Smith there as the householder, a cutter at the Jantzen Knit Mills, with Jessie Smith, an operator at the Jantzen Knit Mills, and Marjorie Smith.
O Smith is listed at 3126 East 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Oliver Smith there as the householder, a driver.
Today
2802 East 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2755 East 21st and 3126 East 21st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Jessie maid Van Preventorium2755 East 21st, p. 571
- *Smith W2802 East 21st, p. 232
- Smith Jessie opr Jantzen Knit Mills2802 East 21st, p. 571
- Smith Marjorie2802 East 21st, p. 572
- Smith Wm ctr Jantzen Knit Mills2802 East 21st, p. 574
- Smith O3126 East 21st, p. 232
- Smith Oliver drvr3126 East 21st, p. 572
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
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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.