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A family name on East 30th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on East 30th 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 1768 East 30th 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

    895 East 30th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Smith, a plastering contractor 1940
    • Jean E Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: K O Anderson at 885. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1768 East 30th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Miss M A Smith 1940
    • Martha A Smith 1940
    • Marie L Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Kemp at 1712. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2243 East 30th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Miss A J Smith 1940
    • Agnes J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Greenwood at 2239 and A Will at 2247. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2359 East 30th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J G Smith, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Barker at 2351 and M Galloway at 2365. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the eight: a carpenter and a plastering contractor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 W Smith, a plasterer, at 895 East 30th 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 William Smith there as the householder, a plastering contractor, with Jean E Smith. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M A Smith at 1768 East 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Martha A Smith there as the householder, with Marie L Smith.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss A J Smith at 2243 East 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Agnes J Smith there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J G Smith at 2359 East 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James G Smith there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

895 East 30th and 1768 East 30th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2243 East 30th (1962) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2359 East 30th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.