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

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on Grant 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

    1741 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Smith, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr F C Dunlop at 1727 and J W Dobson at 1747. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1884 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E Jane Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Odlum at 1880 and R D Bruce at 1890. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1906 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs R Smith, widow of C B 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Hope at 1904. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2320 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Peter Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Wallace at 2308 and D Forbes at 2326. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2619 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J R Smith, a fireman at Burns & Co 1940
    • Math Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Cranfield at 2615 and W J Simpson at 2627. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a fireman and a printer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (4) 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

In 1940 the directory lists W Smith at 1741 Grant Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Smith there as the householder, a printer. The 1940 name section lists E Jane Smith at 1884 Grant Street.

Mrs R Smith is listed at 1906 Grant Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robina Smith there as the householder, widow of C B. The 1940 name section lists Peter Smith at 2320 Grant Street, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J R Smith at 2619 Grant 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 John R Smith there as the householder, a fireman at Burns & Co, with Math Smith.

Today

1741 Grant, 2320 Grant and 2619 Grant still have their buildings from before 1946; 1884 Grant (2015) and 1906 Grant (1966) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Smiths

Every directory, as one book

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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.