A family name on Heather Street, South Cambie, Fairview and Marpole
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on Heather 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
- 1
2200 Heather Street
Fairview, 1940
- L Smith, a shipper at Vancouver Pacific Paper 1940
Next door in 1940: G M Murphy at 2220. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
3808 Heather Street
South Cambie, 1940
- J Smith, a commissionaire at the Grosvenor Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: M Russell at 3820. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a caterer, a commissionaire and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and South Cambie. 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 L Smith at 2200 Heather Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leslie Smith there as the householder, a shipper at Vancouver Pacific Paper. In 1940 the directory lists A D Smith, a caterer, at 3196 Heather Street. The 1940 name section lists Alfred D Smith there, a caterer.
In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 3808 Heather 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 Jonathan Smith there as the householder, a commissionaire at the Grosvenor Hotel.
Today
2200 Heather and 3808 Heather still have their buildings from before 1946; 3196 Heather (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith L2200 Heather, p. 82
- Smith Leslie shpr Van Pac Paper2200 Heather, p. 572
- Smith A D caterer3196 Heather, p. 82
- Smith Alfd D caterer3196 Heather, p. 567
- *Smith J3808 Heather, p. 82
- Smith Jonathan commissionaire Grosvenor Hotel3808 Heather, p. 571
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.