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A family name on East 60th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at two addresses

The directories print eleven people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on East 60th 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: nine Smiths at 1265 East 60th 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. 1

    1265 East 60th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J J Smith, retired 1940
    • Estelle L Smith, an operator at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940
    • Florence Smith 1940
    • Gordon L Smith, an apprentice at the Daly Heating & Sheet Metal Works 1940
    • L Clif Smith, a student 1940
    • Lawrence G Smith, a branch manager at Wilbee's Service Stores 1940
    • Mary A Smith, a clerk at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940
    • Nancy S Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • and one more, in the story and the record below

    Next door in 1940: J R Clough at 1225. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2056 East 60th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • A A Smith, a carman at the CPR 1940
    • Edith C Smith, a baker at Brown Bros Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Warwick at 2086. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the eleven: an operator (2), an apprentice, a baker, a branch manager, a carman and a clerk, among others. Three of them worked for Jantzen Knit Mills.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset 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 J J Smith at 1265 East 60th 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 Joseph J Smith there as the householder, retired, with Estelle L Smith, an operator at the Jantzen Knit Mills, Florence Smith, Gordon L Smith, an apprentice at the Daly Heating & Sheet Metal Works, L Clif Smith, a student, Lawrence G Smith, a branch manager at Wilbee's Service Stores, Mary A Smith, a clerk at the Jantzen Knit Mills, Nancy S Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone, and William R Smith, a presser at the Jantzen Knit Mills. In 1940 the directory lists A A Smith at 2056 East 60th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred A Smith there as the householder, a carman at the CPR, with Edith C Smith, a baker at Brown Bros Bakeries.

Today

1265 East 60th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2056 East 60th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.