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A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on West 18th 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 2885 West 18th 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

    134 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P H Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S E Phillips at 128 and Mrs N C Slater at 140. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    820 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W R Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Smiley at 812 and Mrs N M Ashman at 824. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    829 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Marjorie Smith, a stenographer at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Banks at 821 and F C Wood at 833. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1974 West 18th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Norman F Smith, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Swaisland at 1950 and Dr S H Sievenpiper at 1990. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2885 West 18th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J J Smith, a carman at the CPR 1940
    • Adolph Smith 1940
    • Thomas Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Kaminecki at 2879. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3565 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs S Smith, widow of H E 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Biles at 3559 and K L Northrup at 3569. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a carman, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (2), Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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 P H Smith at 134 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Percival H Smith there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W R Smith at 820 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William R Smith there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Marjorie Smith at 829 West 18th Avenue, a stenographer at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Norman F Smith at 1974 West 18th Avenue, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists J J Smith at 2885 West 18th 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 Joseph J Smith there as the householder, a carman at the CPR, with Adolph Smith and Thomas Smith.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Smith at 3565 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah Smith there as the householder, widow of H E.

Today

134 West 18th, 820 West 18th, 829 West 18th, 2885 West 18th and 3565 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 829 West 18th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1974 West 18th, so that building is 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.