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A family name on East 47th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on East 47th 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

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

    265 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • D G Smith, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Rolle at 257 and H J Taylor at 277. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    357 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • S Smith, a driver at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • William J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Brown at 341 and G Clayton at 365. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    450 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • G Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kabush at 442 and Miss W M Kemball at 456. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2085 East 47th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • R Smith, a deckhand at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Clark at 2065. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3128 East 47th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • J Smith, an engineer at Northwest Cedar Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Nicol at 3118 and C Scott at 3144. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a deckhand, a driver, an engineer and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3), Killarney and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 D G Smith at 265 East 47th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David G Smith there as the householder, a mechanic. In 1940 the directory lists S Smith at 357 East 47th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Seymour Smith there as the householder, a driver at the BC Electric Railway, with William J Smith.

In 1940 the directory lists G Smith at 450 East 47th 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 George Smith there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists R Smith at 2085 East 47th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Smith there as the householder, a deckhand at the Union Steamship Company.

In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 3128 East 47th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Smith there as the householder, an engineer at Northwest Cedar Products.

Today

2085 East 47th and 3128 East 47th still have their buildings from before 1946; 265 East 47th (1997), 357 East 47th (1976) and 450 East 47th (1964) have newer buildings, 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.