A family name on East 58th Avenue, Sunset
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on East 58th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Smiths at 249 East 58th 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
- 1
228 East 58th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Frederick Smith, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: C Kilpin at 244. The block, door by door
- 2
249 East 58th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- F Smith, a laborer at Burns & Co 1940
- Herbert Smith, a packer at American Can 1940
- Irven Smith, a greenkeeper at Langara Golf Links 1940
- Reuben Smith, a laborer at Burns & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Roy at 241. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a laborer (2), a greenkeeper, a longshoreman and a packer. Two of them worked for Burns & Co.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Smith at 228 East 58th Avenue, a longshoreman. F Smith is listed at 249 East 58th Avenue in 1940; 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 Fred Smith there as the householder, a laborer at Burns & Co, with Herbert Smith, a packer at American Can, Irven Smith, a greenkeeper at Langara Golf Links, and Reuben Smith, a laborer at Burns & Co.
Today
228 East 58th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 249 East 58th (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Fredk lngshmn228 East 58th, p. 569
- *Smith F249 East 58th, p. 269
- Smith Fred lab Burns & Co249 East 58th, p. 569
- Smith Herbt pkr Am Can249 East 58th, p. 570
- Smith Irven greenkpr Langara Golf Links249 East 58th, p. 570
- Smith Reuben lab Burns & Co249 East 58th, p. 573
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.