A family name on East 32nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park
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 32nd 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
975 East 32nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H C Smith, a pressman at Bulman Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Higham at 961. The block, door by door
- 2
1720 East 32nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- M E Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: J Stewart at 1712 and Mrs A Lumb at 1736. The block, door by door
- 3
2143 East 32nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R Smith, a warehouseman for Kelly Douglas 1940
Next door in 1940: D C Jonason at 2135 and W E Faulkner at 2171. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a pressman and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
In 1940 the directory lists H C Smith at 975 East 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry C Smith there as the householder, a pressman at Bulman Bros. In 1940 the directory lists M E Smith at 1720 East 32nd 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 Morris E Smith there as the householder.
In 1940 the directory lists R Smith at 2143 East 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Smith there as the householder, a warehouseman for Kelly Douglas.
Today
1720 East 32nd (1971) and 2143 East 32nd (1967) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 975 East 32nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith H C975 East 32nd, p. 247
- Smith Henry C prsmn Bulman Bros975 East 32nd, p. 570
- *Smith M E1720 East 32nd, p. 247
- Smith Morris E1720 East 32nd, p. 572
- *Smith R2143 East 32nd, p. 247
- Smith Robt whsmn Kelly Douglas2143 East 32nd, p. 573
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.