A family name on East 3rd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on East 3rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
133 East 3rd Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs F I Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: H Ellis at 123 and F R Ollinger at 143. The block, door by door
- 2
2145 East 3rd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs A Smith, widow of C 1940
Next door in 1940: F C Gates at 2141 and C S Neville at 2151. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs F I Smith at 133 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Frances I Smith there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Smith at 2145 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Smith there as the householder, widow of C.
Today
2145 East 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 133 East 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Mrs F I133 East 3rd, p. 177
- Smith Mrs Frances I133 East 3rd, p. 569
- Smith Mrs A2145 East 3rd, p. 178
- Smith Agnes wid C2145 East 3rd, p. 567
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.