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A family name on Pendrell Street, West End

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 Pendrell 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

    1157 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: V J Thomas at 1147 and K B Foyster at 1159. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1436 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • M S Smith, proprietor of Beb's Smart Shop and a manager at Gerry's Ltd 1940
    • Evelyn De B Smith, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nicholson at 1454. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1630 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles W Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Iaci at 1624 and O C King at 1636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1656 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Muriel Smith, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Jamieson at 1650 and J Doyle at 1662. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1676 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • W F Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Davis at 1670. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1774 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Betty K Smith 1940
    • Mrs Elise H Smith, a stenographer at Vancouver Creosoting 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Howard at 1762. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1822 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M A Smith, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Crowe at 1816 and A Dobson at 1840. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the nine: a stenographer (2) and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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 J Smith at 1157 Pendrell Street. M S Smith is listed at 1436 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Max S Smith there as the householder, proprietor of Beb's Smart Shop and a manager at Gerry's Ltd, with Evelyn De B Smith, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Smith at 1630 Pendrell Street.

The 1940 name section lists Muriel Smith at 1656 Pendrell Street, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists W F Smith at 1676 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Betty K Smith at 1774 Pendrell Street, with Mrs Elise H Smith, a stenographer at Vancouver Creosoting.

Mrs M A Smith, rooms to let, is listed at 1822 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marjorie A Smith there, who kept rooms to let.

Today

1157 Pendrell and 1436 Pendrell still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1630 Pendrell, 1656 Pendrell, 1676 Pendrell, 1774 Pendrell and 1822 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.