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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at six addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1992 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W S Smith, a driver at Richmond Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Chappell at 1986 and J Urwin at 1996. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2057 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Frederick W Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Talling at 2043 and G F Moul at 2067. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2223 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G R Smith, a janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Macklam at 2217 and F Birkett at 2227. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2333 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Joseph T Smith, a baker at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Duvaray at 2325 and J C Swartz at 2335. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2486 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T S Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Tsujimura at 2476 and Mrs F A Cullen at 2494. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3228 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C L Smith, an electrician 1940
    • Norma F Smith, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr W T Lockhart at 3224 and W W Reid at 3236. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a baker, a driver, an electrician, a janitor and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (6). 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 W S Smith at 1992 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William S Smith there as the householder, a driver at Richmond Transfer. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W Smith at 2057 West 3rd Avenue.

G R Smith is listed at 2223 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon R Smith there as the householder, a janitor at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Joseph T Smith at 2333 West 3rd Avenue, a baker at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists T S Smith at 2486 West 3rd 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 lists Thomas S Smith there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists C L Smith at 3228 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles L Smith there as the householder, an electrician, with Norma F Smith, a school teacher.

Today

3228 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2057 West 3rd (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1992 West 3rd, 2223 West 3rd, 2333 West 3rd and 2486 West 3rd, so those buildings are 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.