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A family name on East 45th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on East 45th 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 3412 East 45th 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

    119 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • T A V Smith, a foreman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Howard A Smith, a salesman at Bearing Supplies House 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Gould at 157. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2895 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • J A Smith, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Marsh at 2883. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3220 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Robert H Smith, proprietor of Felix Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D McSavaney at 3214 and W Cadwell at 3254. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3268 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • W G Smith, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Cadwell at 3254. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3402 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • O Smith, a salesman at Burnyeats 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Smith at 3412. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3412 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • H H Smith, retired 1940
    • Herman A Smith, an attendant at the Canadian White Pine Service 1940
    • Mrs Nellie P Smith, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Smith at 3402 and A Bondark at 3426. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3666 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • F E Smith, a chief engineer at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kerr at 3658 and J Boyd at 3680. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the ten: a salesman (3), an attendant, a carpenter, a chief engineer, a dry goods and a foreman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney (6) and Sunset. 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 T A V Smith at 119 East 45th 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 Thomas A V Smith there as the householder, a foreman at the City of Vancouver, with Howard A Smith, a salesman at Bearing Supplies House. In 1940 the directory lists J A Smith at 2895 East 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John A Smith there as the householder, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists Robert H Smith at 3220 East 45th Avenue, proprietor of Felix Cafe. W G Smith is listed at 3268 East 45th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred G Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries.

O Smith is listed at 3402 East 45th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Oran Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Burnyeats. H H Smith is listed at 3412 East 45th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry H Smith there as the householder, retired, with Herman A Smith, an attendant at the Canadian White Pine Service, and Mrs Nellie P Smith, in dry goods.

F E Smith is listed at 3666 East 45th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick E Smith there as the householder, a chief engineer at the Union Steamship Company.

Today

3268 East 45th (2003), 3402 East 45th (2004), 3412 East 45th (2003) and 3666 East 45th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 119 East 45th, 2895 East 45th and 3220 East 45th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.