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A family name on West 64th Avenue, Marpole and Kerrisdale

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at four addresses in 1940, all on West 64th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Smiths at 1570 West 64th in 1940. 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

    829 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • H G Smith, retired 1940
    • Mary J Smith, a hairdresser 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Lewis at 811 and M T Clugston at 851. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1471 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs B Smith, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Strange at 1449 and L B Holden at 1481. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1570 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs W J Smith 1940
    • Elsie E Smith, a cashier at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Winnifred J Smith, a packer at Nabob Food Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Robbins at 1558 and Mrs I Gadd at 1574. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1698 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • J Smith, an engineer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: V H Faulkner at 1694. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a cashier, an engineer, a hairdresser and a packer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (4). 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 H G Smith at 829 West 64th 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 Hugh G Smith there as the householder, retired, with Mary J Smith, a hairdresser. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs B Smith at 1471 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice Smith there as the householder, widow of W.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs W J Smith at 1570 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs W Jeanie Smith there as the householder, with Elsie E Smith, a cashier at the BC Electric Railway, and Winnifred J Smith, a packer at Nabob Food Products. In 1940 the directory lists J Smith at 1698 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Smith there as the householder, an engineer at the Canadian Government.

Today

1570 West 64th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 829 West 64th (1958) and 1698 West 64th (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1471 West 64th, so that building is 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.