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A family name on Prince Albert Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on Prince Albert 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 4449 Prince Albert 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4130 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T W Smith, a foreman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Dorcas Smith, a saleswoman 1940
    • Frederick Smith, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A English at 4110 and Mrs I L Irish at 4140. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4170 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A E Smith, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Tomlinson at 4160 and Mrs M Dean at 4180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4449 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C H Smith, a salesman 1940
    • Gerald R Smith, a mechanic at Imperial Dental Lab 1940
    • Irene A Smith, a clerk at the Bank of N S 1940
    • Roy M Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Worsley at 4435 and E J Rathbone at 4463. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6425 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A F Smith, a butcher at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Backie at 6415. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a butcher, a clerk, a driver, a foreman, a mechanic and a salesman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3) and Sunset. 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 T W Smith at 4130 Prince Albert 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 Thomas W Smith there as the householder, a foreman at the City of Vancouver, with Dorcas Smith, a saleswoman, and Frederick Smith, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists A E Smith at 4170 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Smith there as the householder, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists C H Smith at 4449 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Smith there as the householder, a salesman, with Gerald R Smith, a mechanic at Imperial Dental Lab, Irene A Smith, a clerk at the Bank of N S, and Roy M Smith. In 1940 the directory lists A F Smith at 6425 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Asaph F Smith there as the householder, a butcher at Burns & Co.

Today

4130 Prince Albert, 4170 Prince Albert and 4449 Prince Albert still have their buildings from before 1946; 6425 Prince Albert (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Smiths

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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.