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A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

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 6th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1805 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Smith, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Keays at 1811. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2269 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Smith, a clerk at Cunningham Drug 1940
    • Mary I Smith, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Retallack at 2263 and T Milne at 2277. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2580 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A G Smith, a helper at Columbia Printing Ink 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Anderson at 2572 and A Bourne at 2596. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2610 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • N E Smith, a patcher at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Alsbury at 2604 and A P Wallace at 2648. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3087 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G A Smith, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Neilson at 3081 and J Dawson at 3097. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter, a clerk, a helper, a longshoreman, a patcher and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) and Grandview-Woodland (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 W Smith at 1805 East 6th 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 William Smith there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists A Smith at 2269 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Smith there as the householder, a canneryman, with Alistair A Smith, a clerk at Cunningham Drug, and Mary I Smith, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists A G Smith at 2580 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred G Smith there as the householder, a helper at Columbia Printing Ink. In 1940 the directory lists N E Smith at 2610 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman E Smith there as the householder, a patcher at BC Plywoods.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Smith at 3087 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George A Smith there as the householder, a longshoreman.

Today

2269 East 6th, 2580 East 6th and 2610 East 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1805 East 6th (2002) and 3087 East 6th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Smiths

Every directory, as one book

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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.