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A family name on Wellington Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on Wellington Avenue. 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 3629 Wellington 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

    3382 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W J Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Brooks at 3378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3520 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • S A Smith, a storekeeper at W Rennie Seeds 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Cumming at 3524. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3629 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R C Smith, a carpenter 1940
    • Florence E Smith, a hairdresser at Maple's Beauty Salon 1940
    • Robert G Smith, a driver at Columbia Paper 1940

    Next door in 1940: O A Hawes at 3655. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a driver, a hairdresser and a storekeeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3). 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 W J Smith at 3382 Wellington Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Smith there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists S A Smith at 3520 Wellington Avenue; 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 Stan A Smith there as the householder, a storekeeper at W Rennie Seeds.

In 1940 the directory lists R C Smith at 3629 Wellington Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Smith there as the householder, a carpenter, with Florence E Smith, a hairdresser at Maple's Beauty Salon, and Robert G Smith, a driver at Columbia Paper.

Today

3382 Wellington (1983) and 3520 Wellington (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3629 Wellington, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.