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A family name on West 42nd Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands

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 42nd 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

    1920 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • S V Smith, a rental manager at Royal Trust 1940
    • Marjorie H Smith, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Mills at 1914 and J E Grey at 1926. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2635 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • I E Yvonne Smith, a student 1940
    • Yvonne E I Smith, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Reeder at 2675. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2726 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • L H Smith, of 12th & Maple Service Station 1940
    • Lawrence C Smith, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Christie at 2716 and D W Willson at 2736. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a clerk and a rental manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (3). 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 S V Smith at 1920 West 42nd 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 Stan V Smith there as the householder, a rental manager at Royal Trust, with Marjorie H Smith, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal. The 1940 name section lists I E Yvonne Smith at 2635 West 42nd Avenue, a student, with Yvonne E I Smith, a student.

L H Smith is listed at 2726 West 42nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence H Smith there as the householder, of 12th & Maple Service Station, with Lawrence C Smith, a student.

Today

1920 West 42nd (1996), 2635 West 42nd (2002) and 2726 West 42nd (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.