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A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on East Pender 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

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

    2156 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G W Smith, a waiter at the Lions Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 2144. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2195 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Joy M Smith, a maid for A C MacNab 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Steven at 2177. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2536 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Smith, a butcher at Canada Packers 1940
    • Helen R Smith, a saleswoman at Gerry's Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Vaughan at 2526 and M M Peck at 2540. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2545 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J B Smith, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Wood at 2539 and J Norris at 2551. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a butcher, a maid, a salesman, a saleswoman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) 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 G W Smith at 2156 East Pender 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Smith there as the householder, a waiter at the Lions Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Joy M Smith at 2195 East Pender Street, a maid for A C MacNab.

W Smith is listed at 2536 East Pender Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Smith there as the householder, a butcher at Canada Packers, with Helen R Smith, a saleswoman at Gerry's Ltd. J B Smith is listed at 2545 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James B Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's.

Today

2156 East Pender, 2536 East Pender and 2545 East Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; 2195 East Pender (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 2536 East Pender: no archive photo of the 2500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.