A family name on East 29th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
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 29th 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
691 East 29th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Frank Smith, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: J Lang at 665. The block, door by door
- 2
950 East 29th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- T F Smith, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: C Dobell at 942 and C T Hammon at 958. The block, door by door
- 3
3021 East 29th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- D F Smith, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B M Payton at 3027. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk (2) and a logger.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Smith at 691 East 29th Avenue, a logger. T F Smith is listed at 950 East 29th 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 Thomas F Smith there as the householder, a clerk.
D F Smith is listed at 3021 East 29th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Doug F Smith there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.
Today
950 East 29th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 691 East 29th (1966) and 3021 East 29th (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Frank logr691 East 29th, p. 569
- *Smith T F950 East 29th, p. 244
- Smith Thos F clk950 East 29th, p. 573
- Smith D F3021 East 29th, p. 245
- Smith Doug F clk PO3021 East 29th, p. 568
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.