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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on Hornby 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

    575 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Louis I Smith, a watchman at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E G Thompson at 581. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    860 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W A Smith, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hornby Conf at 854 and M J Meehan at 866. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1036 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Norman Smith, an apprentice at Grant & Sons 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Nichol at 1034 and Auto House Ltd at 1040. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1229 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T J Smith, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McDonald at 1221 and Skinner-Atkins at 1233. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an apprentice and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Louis I Smith at 575 Hornby Street, a watchman at Shell Oil. W A Smith, rooms to let, is listed at 860 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman Smith at 1036 Hornby Street, an engineer, with Norman Smith, an apprentice at Grant & Sons.

T J Smith is listed at 1229 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Smith there as the householder, with Thomas Smith, a student.

Today

The City no longer lists 575 Hornby, 860 Hornby, 1036 Hornby and 1229 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

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.