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A family name on West 36th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 36th 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

    1876 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A P Smith, a sales manager at Pacific Meat 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Bartle at 1866 and R L Morton at 1896. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2792 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W D Smith, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Howe at 2780. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3191 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J W Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Coltman at 3175. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3531 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • I C Smith, a managing director for I F Laucks 1940

    Next door in 1940: B A Ward at 3521 and W T Johnston at 3539. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3896 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R L Smith, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Craig at 3886. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3927 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C McK Smith, a school teacher at N Westminster City 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Larmour at 3915 and C O Ebert at 3937. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4021 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D F Smith, a stenographer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Kerry at 4015. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a school teacher (2), a managing director, a police officer, a sales manager and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (5), Arbutus Ridge 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 A P Smith at 1876 West 36th 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 Andrew P Smith there as the householder, a sales manager at Pacific Meat. In 1940 the directory lists W D Smith at 2792 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Duncan Smith there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists J W Smith at 3191 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John W Smith there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists I C Smith at 3531 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Irving C Smith there as the householder, a managing director for I F Laucks.

In 1940 the directory lists R L Smith at 3896 West 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists R Lea Smith there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists C McK Smith at 3927 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clyde McK Smith there as the householder, a school teacher at N Westminster City.

In 1940 the directory lists D F Smith at 4021 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David F Smith there as the householder, a stenographer at the CPR.

Today

3191 West 36th and 4021 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1876 West 36th (1987), 3531 West 36th (1989) and 3927 West 36th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2792 West 36th and 3896 West 36th, so those buildings are 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.