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

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on Franklin 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

    1608 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • James Smith, retired 1940
  2. 2

    1721 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G E A Smith, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
    • J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Franklin Grocery at 1719 and J Smith at 1723. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1723 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: franklin apts at 1721 and T C Heggs at 1727. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1836 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A E Smith, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Hughes at 1832 and J E Baker at 1860. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1956 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F Smith, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Baddeley at 1954. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2023 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H G Smith, of Ideal Home 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Haras at 2025. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3508 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D D Smith, a mechanic for A B Balderston 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Strachan at 3506 and L A Stewart at 3516. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a longshoreman (2), a mechanic and a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (6) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 James Smith at 1608 Franklin Street, retired. J Smith is listed at 1721 Franklin Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is G E A Smith. The 1940 name section lists George E A Smith there as the householder, a millworker at Sterling Lumber.

In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 1723 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A E Smith at 1836 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Smith there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists F Smith at 1956 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Smith there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists H G Smith at 2023 Franklin 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 Henry G Smith there as the householder, of Ideal Home, with Harriet Smith, a factory worker at National Waste Manufacturing.

In 1940 the directory lists D D Smith at 3508 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Dallas D Smith there as the householder, a mechanic for A B Balderston.

Today

3508 Franklin still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 2023 Franklin (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1608 Franklin, 1721 Franklin, 1723 Franklin, 1836 Franklin and 1956 Franklin, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.