A family name on Fleming Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses
The directories print seven people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on Fleming Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Smiths at 4860 Fleming in 1940. 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
4833 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Smith, who worked for Gordon & Belyea 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Colon at 4825 and Mrs M J Lucchetta at 4847. The block, door by door
- 2
4860 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- E L Smith, a millwright at Canadian White Pine 1940
- C E Smith, a green chainman at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Jennie B Smith, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
- 3
4869 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs E S Smith, widow of T 1940
- George H Smith, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
- Thomas J Smith, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: J Gyseman at 4861. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an employee, a green chainman, a laborer, a millworker, a millwright and a saleswoman. Three of them worked for Canadian White Pine. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). 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 W Smith at 4833 Fleming 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 William Smith there as the householder, who worked for Gordon & Belyea. In 1940 the directory lists E L Smith at 4860 Fleming Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest L Smith there as the householder, a millwright at Canadian White Pine, with C E Smith, a green chainman at Canadian White Pine, and Jennie B Smith, a saleswoman at Woodward's.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E S Smith at 4869 Fleming Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Esther S Smith there as the householder, widow of T, with George H Smith, a millworker at BC Plywoods, and Thomas J Smith, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.
Today
4860 Fleming (1997) and 4869 Fleming (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4833 Fleming, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Smith W4833 Fleming, p. 50
- Smith Wm emp Gordon & Belyea4833 Fleming, p. 574
- *Smith E L4860 Fleming, p. 50
- Smith C E green chainmn Can White Pine4860 Fleming, p. 568
- Smith Ernest L mlwrt Can White Pine4860 Fleming, p. 569
- Smith Jennie B slswm Woodwards4860 Fleming, p. 571
- *Smith Mrs E S4869 Fleming, p. 51
- Smith Esther S wid T4869 Fleming, p. 569
- Smith Geo H mlwkr BC Plywoods4869 Fleming, p. 570
- Smith Thos J lab Can White Pine4869 Fleming, p. 573
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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.