A family name on West 45th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Oakridge
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on West 45th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1320 West 45th Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- R S Smith, a district credit manager at the Northern Electric 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Gittins at 1308 and Mrs P M Nunn at 1332. The block, door by door
- 2
1998 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H Borden Smith, a salesman at Jenkins Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: A D Creer at 1984. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a district credit manager and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Oakridge. 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 S Smith at 1320 West 45th 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 R Stuart Smith there as the householder, a district credit manager at the Northern Electric. The 1940 name section lists H Borden Smith at 1998 West 45th Avenue, a salesman at Jenkins Bros.
Today
1320 West 45th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1998 West 45th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Smith R S1320 West 45th, p. 262
- Smith R Stuart dist cr mgr Northern Elec1320 West 45th, p. 572
- Smith H Borden slsmn Jenkins Bros1998 West 45th, p. 570
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Smiths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Smith name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.