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A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at five addresses

The directories print ten people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd 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: four Smiths at 3104 West 2nd 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

    2265 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B F Woodrow at 2261 and J W McDonell at 2267. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2266 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mary Smith, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Bass at 2264 and F G Race at 2274. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2298 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs H Smith 1940
    • Eileen G Smith 1940
    • Jeanette N Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Brown at 2288. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2715 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • P H Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A McPherson at 2705 and F T Patrick at 2723. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3104 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A S Smith, of Union Boat Works 1940
    • Emily J Smith, a stenographer at Buell, Ellis & Sargent 1940
    • James S Smith, an adjuster at Dun & Bradstreet 1940
    • Jean M Smith, a stenographer at Jones Tent & Awning 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C E Sampson at 3110. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the ten: a stenographer (2), an adjuster and an operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5). 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 R Smith at 2265 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert Smith there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Mary Smith at 2266 West 2nd Avenue, widow of S.

Mrs H Smith is listed at 2298 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hannah Smith there as the householder, with Eileen G Smith, and Jeanette N Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone. P H Smith is listed at 2715 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Percy H Smith there as the householder, retired.

A S Smith is listed at 3104 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Andrew S Smith there as the householder, of Union Boat Works, with Emily J Smith, a stenographer at Buell, Ellis & Sargent, James S Smith, an adjuster at Dun & Bradstreet, and Jean M Smith, a stenographer at Jones Tent & Awning.

Today

2298 West 2nd, 2715 West 2nd and 3104 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2266 West 2nd (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2265 West 2nd, so that building is 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.