A family name on Gladstone Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on Gladstone 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
4305 Gladstone Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R G Smith, a lessee at the Shell Service Station 1940
Next door in 1940: W Clayton at 4393. The block, door by door
- 2
4433 Gladstone Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G M Smith, a curer at Fletcher's 1940
Next door in 1940: A Green at 4419 and R E Homewood at 4455. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a curer and a lessee.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 R G Smith at 4305 Gladstone Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Richard G Smith there as the householder, a lessee at the Shell Service Station. In 1940 the directory lists G M Smith at 4433 Gladstone 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 George M Smith there as the householder, a curer at Fletcher's.
Today
4433 Gladstone (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4305 Gladstone, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith R G4305 Gladstone, p. 59
- Smith Richd G lessee Shell Serv Sta4305 Gladstone, p. 573
- *Smith G M4433 Gladstone, p. 59
- Smith Geo M curer Fletcher's4433 Gladstone, p. 570
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.