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A family name on East 59th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on East 59th 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

    57 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R S Smith, a watchman at Canada West Cord 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Campbell at 49 and A J Murray at 71. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    741 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs A Smith, widow of A J 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Nolte at 735 and D B Stewart at 767. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1620 East 59th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B South at 1692. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1692 East 59th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • James Braid Smith, a chicken ranch 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1620. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a chicken ranch and a watchman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Victoria-Fraserview (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

In 1940 the directory lists R S Smith at 57 East 59th 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 R Sinclair Smith there as the householder, a watchman at Canada West Cord. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Smith at 741 East 59th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Smith there as the householder, widow of A J.

In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 1620 East 59th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists James Braid Smith at 1692 East 59th Avenue as the householder, a chicken ranch.

Today

57 East 59th (2003), 741 East 59th (1964) and 1620 East 59th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1692 East 59th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.