A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses
The directories print ten people named Smith at nine addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia 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
569 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- H J Smith, in fuel 1940
Next door in 1940: St Francis Chinese Catholic Sch at 571. The block, door by door
- 2
634 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J W Smith, a laborer at Dominion Rustproofing 1940
Next door in 1940: dickinson apts at 630 and A Rimousky at 638. The block, door by door
- 3
767 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Sam Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: K Ishii at 763 and H Yuen at 773. The block, door by door
- 4
827 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- A H Smith, a porter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: D Graziano at 817 and I Gurevitch at 829. The block, door by door
- 5
1624 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F G Smith, a french polisher 1940
Next door in 1940: J Chong at 1618 and D Conway at 1628. The block, door by door
- 6
1850 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- S Smith, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: G E Monger at 1848 and D McLeod at 1856. The block, door by door
- 7
2036 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- John R Smith, a packer at Blue Ribbon 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Javan at 2022 and Mrs A Sandberg at 2058. The block, door by door
- 8
3439 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C R Smith, a cable splicer 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Brighten at 3419 and N Sushko at 3441. The block, door by door
- 9
3547 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H Smith, a laborer 1940
- Ken H Smith, a laborer at Shell Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Henderson at 3525 and K Dinham at 3581. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a laborer (3), a cable splicer, a french polisher, a packer and a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (4), Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise (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 H J Smith, in fuel, at 569 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J W Smith at 634 East Georgia Street, with James Smith, a laborer at Dominion Rustproofing. The 1940 name section lists Sam Smith at 767 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists A H Smith at 827 East Georgia Street, a porter at the CPR.
In 1940 the directory lists F G Smith at 1624 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Smith there as the householder, a french polisher. In 1940 the directory lists S Smith at 1850 East Georgia Street; 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 lists Selby Smith there as the householder, retired.
The 1940 name section lists John R Smith at 2036 East Georgia Street, a packer at Blue Ribbon. C R Smith is listed at 3439 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Smith there as the householder, a cable splicer.
H Smith is listed at 3547 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Smith there as the householder, a laborer, with Ken H Smith, a laborer at Shell Oil.
Today
634 East Georgia, 827 East Georgia, 1624 East Georgia, 3439 East Georgia and 3547 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 634 East Georgia and 827 East Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 569 East Georgia, 767 East Georgia, 1850 East Georgia and 2036 East Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith H J fuel569 East Georgia, p. 55
- Smith J W634 East Georgia, p. 571
- Smith Jas lab Dom Rustproofing634 East Georgia, p. 571
- Smith Sam767 East Georgia, p. 573
- Smith A H porter CPR827 East Georgia, p. 567
- Smith F G1624 East Georgia, p. 55
- Smith Fredk G french plshr1624 East Georgia, p. 569
- *Smith S1850 East Georgia, p. 56
- Smith Selby retired1850 East Georgia, p. 573
- Smith John R pkr Blue Ribbon2036 East Georgia, p. 571
- *Smith C R3439 East Georgia, p. 56
- Smith Chas R cable splicer3439 East Georgia, p. 568
- *Smith H3547 East Georgia, p. 56
- Smith Henry lab3547 East Georgia, p. 570
- Smith Ken H lab Shell Oil3547 East Georgia, p. 571
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.