A family name on East Cordova Street, Strathcona and Downtown
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 Cordova Street. 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
- 1
42 East Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- J C Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: Pumps & Power Ltd at 40 and Pumps & Power (whse) at 48. The block, door by door
- 2
119 East Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- B Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: Eagle Mill & Log Supp at 117 and Nicol G Oil Supp at 123. The block, door by door
- 3
852 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R Smith, a steward at the Mount View Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: S Haru at 846 and T Tanaka at 856. The block, door by door
- 4
1137 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J Smith, a fireman 1940
Next door in 1940: Western S & D (fcty) at 1111 and J H Russell at 1153. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a fireman and a steward.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Strathcona (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J C Smith at 42 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists B Smith at 119 East Cordova Street. In 1940 the directory lists R Smith at 852 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Reuben Smith there as the householder, a steward at the Mount View Hotel.
In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 1137 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Smith there as the householder, a fireman.
Today
42 East Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 119 East Cordova (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 852 East Cordova and 1137 East Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith J C42 East Cordova, p. 570
- Smith B119 East Cordova, p. 568
- Smith R852 East Cordova, p. 36
- Smith Reuben steward Mt View Hotel852 East Cordova, p. 573
- Smith J1137 East Cordova, p. 36
- Smith Jos firmn1137 East Cordova, p. 571
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Smith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.