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A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on West 16th 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 2894 West 16th 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

    245 West 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G A Smith, an upholsterer at H E Tynan Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J R Atkinson at 241. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1081 West 16th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A Smith, a managing director at Lewis Piano House Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: O S McMorran at 1071 and Mrs M M Cartwright at 1083. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2415 West 16th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E C Smith, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Mabbett at 2405. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2894 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H S Smith, a salesman at the Turner Millinery Agency 1940
    • Don G Smith, a helper at Nabob Food Products 1940
    • Elizabeth R Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Brown at 2888. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3410 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Smith, a forest supervisor at the BC Government 1940
    • Leslie Smith, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S MacInnes at 3426. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3877 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Maisie L Smith, a maid for B Irvine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Todd at 3873 and D R Ross at 3883. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a forest supervisor, a helper, a machinist, a maid, a managing director and an operator, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Arbutus Ridge, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and West Point Grey. 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 G A Smith at 245 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George A Smith there as the householder, an upholsterer at H E Tynan Furniture. In 1940 the directory lists A Smith at 1081 West 16th 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 Arthur Smith there as the householder, a managing director at Lewis Piano House Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists E C Smith at 2415 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edgar C Smith there as the householder, a machinist. In 1940 the directory lists H S Smith at 2894 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists H Stan Smith there as the householder, a salesman at the Turner Millinery Agency, with Don G Smith, a helper at Nabob Food Products, and Elizabeth R Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists H Smith at 3410 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold Smith there as the householder, a forest supervisor at the BC Government, with Leslie Smith, a student. The 1940 name section lists Maisie L Smith at 3877 West 16th Avenue, a maid for B Irvine.

Today

1081 West 16th, 2415 West 16th and 3877 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2894 West 16th (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 245 West 16th and 3410 West 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.