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A family name on East 38th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on East 38th 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: four Smiths at 377 East 38th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    377 East 38th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H Smith, a foreman at Canadian Wood Pipe & Tanks 1940
    • John Smith, a musician 1940
    • Lloyd R J Smith 1940
    • Marion A Smith, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M S Birney at 365 and J D Caldwell at 383. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    444 East 38th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F R Smith, a driller at the CPR 1940
    • Christine R Smith, a helper at Empress Manufacturing 1940
    • Ella R Smith, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Moxon at 440 and Mrs R Craig at 452. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2112 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W D Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S M Madill at 2104 and R Austin at 2128. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a domestic, a driller, a foreman, a helper, a musician and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Smith at 377 East 38th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Smith there as the householder, a foreman at Canadian Wood Pipe & Tanks, with John Smith, a musician, Lloyd R J Smith, and Marion A Smith, a domestic. In 1940 the directory lists F R Smith at 444 East 38th 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 Frank R Smith there as the householder, a driller at the CPR, with Christine R Smith, a helper at Empress Manufacturing, and Ella R Smith, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists W D Smith at 2112 East 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William D Smith there as the householder, retired.

Today

377 East 38th and 444 East 38th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2112 East 38th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.