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

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on Oxford 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: four Smiths at 3611 Oxford 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

    2510 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J B Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Honsberger at 2516. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2556 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H J Smith, in coal & wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: O P Landstrom at 2536 and P M Lamont at 2566. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3611 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R A Smith 1940
    • Dorothy M L Smith, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal 1940
    • Margaret Smith, a stenographer at Millar & Coe 1940
    • Vera G Smith, a stenographer at the Vancouver Medical Association 1940

    Next door in 1940: V L Topham at 3623. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (3) and a coal.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3). 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 J B Smith at 2510 Oxford 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 John B Smith there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists H J Smith at 2556 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry J Smith there as the householder, in coal & wood.

In 1940 the directory lists R A Smith at 3611 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ray A Smith there as the householder, with Dorothy M L Smith, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal, Margaret Smith, a stenographer at Millar & Coe, and Vera G Smith, a stenographer at the Vancouver Medical Association.

Today

2510 Oxford and 2556 Oxford still have their buildings from before 1946; 3611 Oxford (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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.