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A family name on Harwood Street, West End

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on Harwood 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: four Smiths at 1315 Harwood 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

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

    1052 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret Smith, a waitress for Brown Derby 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Wellman at 1046 and L C Parkes at 1056. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1109 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • F H Smith, retired 1940
    • Nita S Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss H Haikala at 1101 and M M K McLennan at 1115. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1307 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Oscar R Smith, a technician at the CJOR 1940
  4. 4

    1315 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • F C Smith, an accountant 1940
    • Doris M Smith 1940
    • Joan C Smith 1940
    • Marjorie E Smith, a stenographer for C C Carter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Curtis at 1317. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1630 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • H F Smith, proprietor of the Academy of Art 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss N McNeill at 1636. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an accountant, a proprietor, a stenographer, a technician and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Mrs Margaret Smith at 1052 Harwood Street, a waitress for Brown Derby. F H Smith is listed at 1109 Harwood Street in 1940; 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 Fred H Smith there as the householder, retired, with Nita S Smith. The 1940 name section lists Oscar R Smith at 1307 Harwood Street, a technician at the CJOR.

In 1940 the directory lists F C Smith at 1315 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank C Smith there as the householder, an accountant, with Doris M Smith, Joan C Smith, and Marjorie E Smith, a stenographer for C C Carter. In 1940 the directory lists H F Smith at 1630 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists H Faulkner Smith there as the householder, proprietor of the Academy of Art.

Today

1109 Harwood still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 1307 Harwood (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1052 Harwood, 1315 Harwood and 1630 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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

The book of the Smiths

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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.