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A family name on East 23rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on East 23rd 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 217 East 23rd 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

    217 East 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Smith, a laborer 1940
    • Elizabeth Smith, a maid 1940
    • Robert W Smith 1940
  2. 2

    773 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W L Smith, a warehouseman at the B-K Mill 1940
    • Muriel Smith, a helper for Mdme Runge 1940
    • Robert L Smith, a pressman at the Gibbs Tool & Stamping Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Cooke at 763 and Mrs D D McDonald at 791. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    925 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J A Smith, a salesman at Distributors Used Car 1940

    Next door in 1940: B H Victor at 915 and W Green at 941. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2541 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Nellie Smith, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Green at 2535 and A Crampton at 2547. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3202 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs M L Smith, widow of G F 1940
    • George K Smith, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Frost at 3216. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3339 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs Grace Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Eikanger at 3317 and B W Paget at 3369. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: an electrician, a helper, a laborer, a maid, a pressman and a salesman, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3), 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 J Smith at 217 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Smith there as the householder, a laborer, with Elizabeth Smith, a maid, and Robert W Smith. In 1940 the directory lists W L Smith at 773 East 23rd 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 William L Smith there as the householder, a warehouseman at the B-K Mill, with Muriel Smith, a helper for Mdme Runge, and Robert L Smith, a pressman at the Gibbs Tool & Stamping Works.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Smith at 925 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph A Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Distributors Used Car. The 1940 name section lists Nellie Smith at 2541 East 23rd Avenue, widow of J.

Mrs M L Smith is listed at 3202 East 23rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists M Louise Smith there as the householder, widow of G F, with George K Smith, an electrician. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Grace Smith at 3339 East 23rd Avenue.

Today

773 East 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 925 East 23rd (1995), 2541 East 23rd (1968), 3202 East 23rd (2003) and 3339 East 23rd (1967) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 217 East 23rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.