A family name on Gilford Street, West End
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on Gilford Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1075 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- A K Smith, a branch manager at Safeway 1940
- E E Smith, a casualty inspector for Ceperley Rounsefell 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Knox at 1025. The block, door by door
- 2
1154 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- Arthur G Smith, a barrister 1940
- Verna E Smith, a stenographer at Home Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a barrister, a branch manager, a casualty inspector and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 E E Smith at 1075 Gilford Street. By 1940 it is A K Smith. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Archibald K Smith there as the householder, a branch manager at Safeway, with Ernest E Smith, a casualty inspector for Ceperley Rounsefell. The 1940 name section lists Arthur G Smith at 1154 Gilford Street, a barrister, with Verna E Smith, a stenographer at Home Oil.
Today
1075 Gilford and 1154 Gilford still have their buildings from before 1946, 1154 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith A K1075 Gilford, p. 59
- Smith E E1075 Gilford, p. 59
- Smith Arch K br mgr Safeway1075 Gilford, p. 567
- Smith Ernest E casualty inspr Ceperley Rounsefell1075 Gilford, p. 569
- Smith Arth G barr 230, 470 Granville1154 Gilford, p. 568
- Smith Verna E sten Home Oil1154 Gilford, p. 573
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Smith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.