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A family name on Eton Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on Eton 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. 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

    2598 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L Smith, a laborer 1940
    • Helen B Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Watanabe at 2594. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2606 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • O Smith, who worked for Boeings 1940
    • Albert G Smith, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rohla at 2612. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2696 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Anne Smith, widow of W C 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Wren at 2690. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2796 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J M Smith, a seaman 1940
    • Graham J Smith, a deckhand at North West Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: E B de la Giroday Jr at 2792 and S Cook at 2798. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3497 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W G Smith, a cleaner at Gillespie Terminal Grain 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a cleaner, a deckhand, an employee, a laborer, an on active service and a seaman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 L Smith at 2598 Eton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonard Smith there as the householder, a laborer, with Helen B Smith. In 1940 the directory lists O Smith at 2606 Eton Street. The 1940 name section lists Oliver Smith there as the householder, who worked for Boeings, with Albert G Smith, on active service.

The 1940 name section lists Anne Smith at 2696 Eton Street, widow of W C. J M Smith is listed at 2796 Eton Street in 1940; 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 John M Smith there as the householder, a seaman, with Graham J Smith, a deckhand at North West Towing.

W G Smith is listed at 3497 Eton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William G Smith there as the householder, a cleaner at Gillespie Terminal Grain.

Today

2598 Eton, 2696 Eton and 2796 Eton still have their buildings from before 1946, 2598 Eton on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2606 Eton (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3497 Eton, so that building is 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.