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A family name on Homer Street, Downtown

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

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

    318 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A S Smith, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: De Luxe Barber Shop at 312 and Rubber Northern at 360. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    528 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Clif Smith, a butcher 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Bradley at 526 and P E Pearson at 530. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    868 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C A Smith, a mechanic at Singer Sewing Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Cowan at 866 and Wood Yd Patterson at 872. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1205 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H K Smith, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Jones at 1207. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1241 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W A Smith, a swamper 1940

    Next door in 1940: B F Dimery at 1209 and “Cabins” at 1247. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a butcher, a fireman, a mechanic and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (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

In 1940 the directory lists A S Smith, a manufacturers agent, at 318 Homer Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clif Smith at 528 Homer Street, a butcher. In 1940 the directory lists C A Smith at 868 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Smith there as the householder, a mechanic at Singer Sewing Machinery.

In 1940 the directory lists H K Smith at 1205 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Henry K Smith there as the householder, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists W A Smith at 1241 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists William A Smith there as the householder, a swamper.

Today

318 Homer still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1241 Homer (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 528 Homer, 868 Homer and 1205 Homer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.