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A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on West 19th Avenue. 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    16 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C W Smith, proprietor of Beaver Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Hayter at 8 and A K Humphrey at 22. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    91 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs Ethel Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Trumpour at 79. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    102 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E O Smith, a movie operator at the Broadway Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: N K Terpstra at 116. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    686 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • F C Smith, an accountant at Cassidy's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E OLeary at 682 and S Thornley at 690. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    910 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J Smith, a foreman at Cedar Cove S & D 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Thompson at 906 and P Chadwick at 918. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3455 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs M H Smith, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ashworth at 3435 and J T Dobreff at 3465. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an accountant, a foreman, a movie operator and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), South Cambie (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 C W Smith at 16 West 19th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles W Smith there as the householder, proprietor of Beaver Grocery. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel Smith at 91 West 19th Avenue.

E O Smith is listed at 102 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elmer O Smith there as the householder, a movie operator at the Broadway Theatre. F C Smith is listed at 686 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick C Smith there as the householder, an accountant at Cassidy's.

J Smith is listed at 910 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Smith there as the householder, a foreman at Cedar Cove S & D. Mrs M H Smith is listed at 3455 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Margaret H Smith there as the householder, widow of J.

Today

16 West 19th, 102 West 19th and 686 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 91 West 19th (1964) and 3455 West 19th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 910 West 19th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.