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

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

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

    1837 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss K Smith 1940
    • Kate Smith, a president and matron at the Glen Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Evans at 1859. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2195 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Smith, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: D C Coates at 2185. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3331 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F H Smith, a trackman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P U Trainer at 3339. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a fisherman, a president and matron and a trackman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Miss K Smith at 1837 Napier 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Kate Smith there as the householder, a president and matron at the Glen Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 2195 Napier Street. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder, a fisherman.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Smith at 3331 Napier Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Smith there as the householder, a trackman.

Today

2195 Napier still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 1837 Napier (2011) and 3331 Napier (1957) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street
About 1918 A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street. Not at the house at 1837 Napier: no archive photo of the 1800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 1548. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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.