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A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on Quebec 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. 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

    1949 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Philip Smith, a moulder at Kumfort Furnace 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Haddon at 1947. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2133 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs D Smith, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss C A Hughes at 2135. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3004 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W J Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: T N McNeil at 3022. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3387 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A O Smith, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: L O Turner at 3365. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3820 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H A Smith, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Blakeburn at 3800 and E W Stevens at 3840. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5021 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Smith, a chauffeur at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Mathisen at 5007 and Miss K French at 5037. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    5943 Quebec Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • S M Smith, of Canada Garage 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a salesman (2), a chauffeur and a moulder. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Riley Park (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Philip Smith at 1949 Quebec Street, a moulder at Kumfort Furnace. Mrs D Smith is listed at 2133 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Della Smith there as the householder, widow of T.

W J Smith is listed at 3004 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Smith there as the householder. A O Smith is listed at 3387 Quebec Street in 1940; 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 Allan O Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries.

H A Smith is listed at 3820 Quebec Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert A Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies. J Smith is listed at 5021 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Smith there as the householder, a chauffeur at BC Motor Transportation.

S M Smith is listed at 5943 Quebec Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam M Smith there as the householder, of Canada Garage.

Today

3387 Quebec, 3820 Quebec and 5943 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1949 Quebec, 2133 Quebec, 3004 Quebec and 5021 Quebec, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 2133 Quebec: no archive photo of the 2100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

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, 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.