A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Smith at three addresses in 1940, all on West 32nd 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
- 1
1159 West 32nd Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Marguerite Smith, a maid for H E Solloway 1940
Next door in 1940: C G Lyall at 1145 and J Stenhouse at 1171. The block, door by door
- 2
2872 West 32nd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- T Smith, proprietor of Smith & Smith 1940
- Edna V Smith, a stenographer for Martin Senour 1940
Next door in 1940: R Diamond at 2864 and E M Bradshaw at 2880. The block, door by door
- 3
3093 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- S Smith, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: R R Shortreed at 3075. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an engineer, a maid, a proprietor and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marguerite Smith at 1159 West 32nd Avenue, a maid for H E Solloway. T Smith is listed at 2872 West 32nd 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 Tupper Smith there as the householder, proprietor of Smith & Smith, with Edna V Smith, a stenographer for Martin Senour.
S Smith is listed at 3093 West 32nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan Smith there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
2872 West 32nd and 3093 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1159 West 32nd (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith Marguerite maid H E Solloway1159 West 32nd, p. 572
- *Smith T2872 West 32nd, p. 248
- Smith Edna V sten Martin Senour2872 West 32nd, p. 569
- Smith Tupper prop Smith & Smith2872 West 32nd, p. 573
- *Smith S3093 West 32nd, p. 248
- Smith Stan eng3093 West 32nd, p. 573
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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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.