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A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at nine addresses

The directories print 14 people named Smith at nine addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive. 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 6144 Victoria Drive 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

    603 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S F Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Loy Produce Lee at 601 and W Forster at 617. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1090 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Norman W Smith, a bookkeeper at the Grandview Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr T H Agnew at 1020. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1537 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G M Smith, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Rovina J Smith, widow of C B 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Pinchin at 1525 and Mrs A Cumming at 1541. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1723 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Smith 1940
    • Muriel D Smith, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R McIntosh at 1729. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2343 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Smith, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • J Allan Smith, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: I R Kearley at 2331 and Mrs S E Gray at 2349. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2926 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W S Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Jackson at 2930. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4208 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Smith, who worked for the Vancouver Parks Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Roberts at 4244. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4620 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Albert E Smith, a steward at the Terminal City Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Kerfoot at 4604. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    6144 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Miss H K Smith 1940
    • Helen K Smith 1940
    • Ruby M Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H A Martin at 6130. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 14: a bookkeeper, an employee, a laborer, a police officer, a salesman and a saleswoman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (5), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3) and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 S F Smith at 603 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Syd F Smith there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Norman W Smith at 1090 Victoria Drive, a bookkeeper at the Grandview Hospital.

G M Smith is listed at 1537 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George M Smith there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine, with Rovina J Smith, widow of C B. W Smith is listed at 1723 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Smith there as the householder, with Muriel D Smith, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

W Smith is listed at 2343 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Smith there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver, with J Allan Smith, a salesman at Woodward's. W S Smith is listed at 2926 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William S Smith there as the householder.

J Smith is listed at 4208 Victoria Drive 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 James Smith there as the householder, who worked for the Vancouver Parks Board. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Smith at 4620 Victoria Drive, a steward at the Terminal City Club.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss H K Smith at 6144 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Helen K Smith there as the householder, with Ruby M Smith.

Today

1090 Victoria Drive, 1537 Victoria Drive, 2343 Victoria Drive, 4208 Victoria Drive and 4620 Victoria Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 1723 Victoria Drive (2017), 2926 Victoria Drive (1979) and 6144 Victoria Drive (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 603 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 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.