A family name on Melville Street, Downtown
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses
The directories print nine people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on Melville 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
- 1
1033 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Theresa Smith, a waitress 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E A McElderry at 1029 and J G Hale at 1039. The block, door by door
- 2
1054 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Harry C Smith, a circulation at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Morrice at 1052 and J W Perry at 1060. The block, door by door
- 3
1153 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- G H L Smith, proprietor of the Egeria Rooms 1940
- Mrs Iona Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: Melville Manor at 1149 and E W Small at 1155. The block, door by door
- 4
1155 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M L Smith 1940
- Mrs Jane Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: G H L Smith at 1153 and J G Christie at 1157. The block, door by door
- 5
1161 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- D G R Smith, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Christie at 1157 and M McLean at 1171. The block, door by door
- 6
1222 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- A Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: W H McKerrow at 1220 and Miss E Gooding at 1236. The block, door by door
- 7
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: a circulation, an engineer, a proprietor and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (7). 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 Theresa Smith at 1033 Melville Street, a waitress. The 1940 name section lists Harry C Smith at 1054 Melville Street, a circulation at the Sun. In 1940 the directory lists G H L Smith at 1153 Melville Street; 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 G H Louis Smith there as the householder, proprietor of the Egeria Rooms, with Mrs Iona Smith.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M L Smith at 1155 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret L Smith there as the householder, with Mrs Jane Smith. In 1940 the directory lists D G R Smith at 1161 Melville Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David G R Smith there as the householder, an engineer.
The 1940 name section lists A Smith at 1222 Melville Street. Mrs M Smith is listed at 1255 Melville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Maple Smith there as the householder.
Today
1222 Melville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1033 Melville, 1054 Melville, 1153 Melville, 1155 Melville, 1161 Melville and 1255 Melville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Theresa waitress1033 Melville, p. 573
- Smith Harry C circ Sun1054 Melville, p. 570
- *Smith G H L1153 Melville, p. 115
- Smith G H Louis prop Egeria Rooms1153 Melville, p. 569
- Smith Mrs Iona1153 Melville, p. 570
- Smith Mrs M L1155 Melville, p. 115
- Smith Mrs Jane1155 Melville, p. 571
- Smith Mrs Margt L1155 Melville, p. 572
- *Smith D G R1161 Melville, p. 115
- Smith David G R eng1161 Melville, p. 568
- Smith A1222 Melville, p. 567
- Smith Mrs M1255 Melville, p. 115
- Smith Mrs Maple1255 Melville, p. 572
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.