A family name on Rupert Street, Renfrew-Collingwood, Hastings-Sunrise and Killarney
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on Rupert Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
3871 Rupert Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- H L Smith, an attendant at the Gateway Service Station 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Beasley at 3883. The block, door by door
- 2
4826 Rupert Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- J A Smith, a janitor at the BC Telephone 1940
- H Joan Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: G Dolman at 4844. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an attendant, a janitor and an operator. Two of them worked for BC Telephone.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 H L Smith at 3871 Rupert 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 Hugh L Smith there as the householder, an attendant at the Gateway Service Station. In 1940 the directory lists J A Smith at 4826 Rupert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Smith there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Telephone, with H Joan Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone.
Today
4826 Rupert (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3871 Rupert, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Smith H L3871 Rupert, p. 145
- Smith Hugh L atdt Gateway Serv Sta3871 Rupert, p. 570
- *Smith J A4826 Rupert, p. 146
- Smith H Joan opr BC Tel4826 Rupert, p. 570
- Smith John A jntr BC Tel4826 Rupert, p. 571
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Smith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.