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A family name on McGill Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on McGill Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Smiths at 2968 McGill 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

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

    2226 McGill Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Albert H Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Stewart at 2270. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2456 McGill Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • John Smith, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P La Lande at 2468. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2690 McGill Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs M E Smith, widow of G B 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Yost at 2686 and B M Clarke at 2696. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2968 McGill Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J R Smith, a foreman at Buckerfield's 1940
    • Annie McM Smith 1940
    • Richard M Smith, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Mills at 2938. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a clerk, a foreman and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Albert H Smith at 2226 McGill Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists John Smith at 2456 McGill Street, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M E Smith at 2690 McGill Street. The 1940 name section lists Martha E Smith there as the householder, widow of G B.

In 1940 the directory lists J R Smith at 2968 McGill Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph R Smith there as the householder, a foreman at Buckerfield's, with Joseph Smith, a delivery at Eton Grocery, Annie McM Smith, and Richard M Smith, a laborer.

Today

2226 McGill, 2456 McGill and 2690 McGill still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2968 McGill, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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.