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A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Smiths at 550 East 7th 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

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

    550 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs J Smith, widow of W W 1940
    • James A Smith, a mechanic at Ginger Coote Airways 1940
    • Margaret M Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • William W Smith, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Gibbs at 544 and H K Dallas at 562. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    611 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • D J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1216 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Daniel Smith, a baker for J R McPherson 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Innes at 1236. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1859 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T J Smith, an elevator operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: N M Clarke at 1851 and H Ryan at 1867. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1927 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C T Smith, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Russell at 1923 and Mrs A Storey at 1937. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2146 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J A F Smith, a service manager at Campbell Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: S G Purvis at 2142 and A F Waters at 2158. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2155 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D Smith, a salesman at Morrow Coal & Ice 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev E Beeching at 2149 and P McGowan at 2165. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a baker, a clerk, an elevator operator, a fisherman, a mechanic and an operator, among others. Two of them worked for BC Telephone. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (4) and Mount Pleasant (3). 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 Mrs J Smith at 550 East 7th 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 Jean Smith there as the householder, widow of W W, with James A Smith, a mechanic at Ginger Coote Airways, Margaret M Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone, and William W Smith, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists D J Smith at 611 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Smith at 1216 East 7th Avenue, a baker for J R McPherson.

In 1940 the directory lists T J Smith at 1859 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Smith there as the householder, an elevator operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists C T Smith at 1927 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cyril T Smith there as the householder, a fisherman.

In 1940 the directory lists J A F Smith at 2146 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John A F Smith there as the householder, a service manager at Campbell Motors. In 1940 the directory lists D Smith at 2155 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Morrow Coal & Ice.

Today

611 East 7th, 1927 East 7th, 2146 East 7th and 2155 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 550 East 7th (1976), 1216 East 7th (1981) and 1859 East 7th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 15 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.