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A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway. 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

    1364 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Minnie S Smith, a branch manager at Woman's Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Wardrop at 1356 and H Curry at 1366. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1463 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A P Smith, a car cleaner at the BC Electric Railway 1940
  3. 3

    1749 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W W Smith, a manager for W W Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Cooke at 1741 and N Gikas at 1757. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1976 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H C Smith, in secretary hand magazines 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Perkins at 1970 and Modern Drsmkg Salon at 1978. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2017 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G L Smith, proprietor of the Gateway Service Station 1940
    • Philip S Smith, an attendant at the Gateway Service Station 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Glaze at 2009 and Fur Munro at 2095. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3318 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs N P Smith, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rex Shoe Repairs at 3316 and College Inn at 3322. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an attendant, a branch manager, a car cleaner, a manager, a proprietor and a secretary hand magazines. Two of them worked for Gateway Service Station.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (5) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Minnie S Smith at 1364 Kingsway, a branch manager at Woman's Bakery. A P Smith is listed at 1463 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex P Smith there as the householder, a car cleaner at the BC Electric Railway.

W W Smith is listed at 1749 Kingsway 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 William W Smith there as the householder, a manager for W W Smith. H C Smith, in secretary hand magazines, is listed at 1976 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry C Smith there, in secretary hand magazines.

G L Smith is listed at 2017 Kingsway in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George L Smith there as the householder, proprietor of the Gateway Service Station, with Philip S Smith, an attendant at the Gateway Service Station. Mrs N P Smith, in dry goods, is listed at 3318 Kingsway in 1940.

Today

1364 Kingsway (1952) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1463 Kingsway, 1749 Kingsway, 1976 Kingsway, 2017 Kingsway and 3318 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway
1913 People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway. Not at the house at 2017 Kingsway: no archive photo of the 2000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-2294. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.