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A family name on Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on Venables 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

    1244 Venables Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs D Smith, widow of A 1940
    • Walter Smith, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Miller at 1240 and G Drezdoff at 1246. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1640 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J A Smith, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cobain at 1648. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1775 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • B J Smith, a carpenter 1940
    • Robert C Smith, an apprentice at Reliance Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Milo at 1757. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1957 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D H Smith, a pressman for A H Timms 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Matthams at 1953 and W E Clark at 1963. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3222 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Smith, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Mitten at 3230. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an apprentice, a carpenter, a laborer, a logger, an on active service and a pressman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3), Hastings-Sunrise and Strathcona. 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 Mrs D Smith at 1244 Venables 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 Dominika Smith there as the householder, widow of A, with Walter Smith, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists J A Smith at 1640 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists John A Smith there as the householder, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists B J Smith at 1775 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Barry J Smith there as the householder, a carpenter, with Robert C Smith, an apprentice at Reliance Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists D H Smith at 1957 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists Don H Smith there as the householder, a pressman for A H Timms.

In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 3222 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

1957 Venables still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1775 Venables (1972) and 3222 Venables (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1244 Venables and 1640 Venables, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.