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A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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: three Smiths at 1148 Thurlow 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

    908 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Smith, a domestic at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Martin at 934. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1000 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M L Smith, widow of A G 1940
    • Dorothy G Smith, a saleswoman at Famous 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Boyd at 1002. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1100 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Smith, a caretaker at the Central Presby Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: windermere apts at 1148. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1148 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs N Smith, widow of H P 1940
    • Charlotte Smith, widow of J 1940
    • Mary H Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a caretaker, a domestic and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for Famous. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Mary Smith at 908 Thurlow Street, a domestic at the Georgia Hotel. Mrs M L Smith is listed at 1000 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mildred L Smith there as the householder, widow of A G, with Dorothy G Smith, a saleswoman at Famous.

J Smith is listed at 1100 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder, a caretaker at the Central Presby Church. Mrs N Smith is listed at 1148 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Nina Smith there as the householder, widow of H P, with Charlotte Smith, widow of J, and Mary H Smith.

Today

The City no longer lists 908 Thurlow, 1000 Thurlow, 1100 Thurlow and 1148 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.