A family name on Hemlock Street, Fairview
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on Hemlock Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Smiths at 2830 Hemlock 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
- 1
2620 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- D J Smith, a manager at D J Smith Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: F V Kanel at 2632. The block, door by door
- 2
2830 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- J S Smith 1940
- Edna S Smith, a clerk 1940
- Isabelle M Smith, a stenographer at A W Way 1940
- Margaret G Smith, a student 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a manager and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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 D J Smith at 2620 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don J Smith there as the householder, a manager at D J Smith Equipment. In 1940 the directory lists J S Smith at 2830 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists John S Smith there as the householder, with Edna S Smith, a clerk, Isabelle M Smith, a stenographer at A W Way, and Margaret G Smith, a student.
Today
2620 Hemlock and 2830 Hemlock still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith D J2620 Hemlock, p. 83
- Smith Don J mgr D J Smith Equip2620 Hemlock, p. 568
- Smith J S2830 Hemlock, p. 84
- Smith Edna S clk2830 Hemlock, p. 569
- Smith Isabelle M sten A W Way2830 Hemlock, p. 570
- Smith John S2830 Hemlock, p. 571
- Smith Margt G studt2830 Hemlock, p. 572
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.