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A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway. 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

    109 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G H Smith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mayfair Candy Co at 107 and P D Reid at 147. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    175 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M D Smith, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hux Lunch at 169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    325 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A D Smith, widow of G W 1940
    • Arthur G Smith, a helper at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Kerfoot at 323 and Daly Heating & Sheet Mtl Wks at 359. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    720 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A Smith, an assistant timekeeper at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Gabriel at 714 and Mrs K MacLennan at 730. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    756 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs K Smith, widow of W E 1940
    • John N Smith, in auto repairs 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Moors at 754. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an assistant timekeeper, an auto repairs, a helper and a motorman. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (5). 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 G H Smith at 109 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George H Smith there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M D Smith at 175 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists M D Smith there as the householder, a widow.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A D Smith at 325 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Ada D Smith there as the householder, widow of G W, with Arthur G Smith, a helper at Begg Motor. In 1940 the directory lists J A Smith at 720 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists James A Smith there as the householder, an assistant timekeeper at the CNR.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs K Smith at 756 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Kate Smith there as the householder, widow of W E, with John N Smith, in auto repairs.

Today

175 East Broadway and 756 East Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 720 East Broadway (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 109 East Broadway and 325 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.