A family name on West 24th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on West 24th 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 3969 West 24th 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
- 1
730 West 24th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Beth Smith, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: E Aspinall at 714 and F J Smith at 738. The block, door by door
- 2
738 West 24th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- F J Smith, retired 1940
- Cyril A Smith, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr F H Trousdale at 730 and Dr H Willis at 754. The block, door by door
- 3
3969 West 24th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss I M Smith 1940
- Ina M Smith 1940
- Fred R Smith, a salesman at Point Grey Investment 1940
Next door in 1940: J Pinder-Moss at 3963 and P W Griffiths at 3995. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a clerk, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Beth Smith at 730 West 24th Avenue, a stenographer. F J Smith is listed at 738 West 24th Avenue 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 Frederick J Smith there as the householder, retired, with Cyril A Smith, a clerk at the BC Telephone.
Miss I M Smith is listed at 3969 West 24th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ina M Smith there as the householder, with Fred R Smith, a salesman at Point Grey Investment.
Today
738 West 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 3969 West 24th (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 730 West 24th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Beth sten730 West 24th, p. 568
- *Smith F J738 West 24th, p. 239
- Smith Cyril A clk BC Tel738 West 24th, p. 568
- Smith Fredk J retired738 West 24th, p. 569
- *Smith Miss I M3969 West 24th, p. 239
- Smith Fred R slsmn Pt Grey Invest3969 West 24th, p. 569
- Smith Ina M3969 West 24th, p. 570
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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.