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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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

    1401 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Susan R Smith, widow of A W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Granville Auto Body Works at 1415. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1666 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Maxwell G Smith, a mechanic at the Marine Sales & Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Stevens at 1654. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2078 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E M Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Doyle at 2068 and H M MacKenzie at 2084. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2145 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • P C H Smith, an apprentice at Mackenzie White & Dunsmuir 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Buchanan at 2135 and O Hughes at 2155. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2515 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Pollock at 2505 and C F Gilbert at 2525. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2869 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E H Smith, a bookkeeper at Barr & Anderson 1940
    • Ron H Smith, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Price at 2855 and T O Smith at 2885. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2885 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T O Smith, an engineer at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Smith at 2869 and Mrs E Walker at 2891. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: an apprentice, a bookkeeper, an engineer and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5) and Fairview (2). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Susan R Smith at 1401 West 6th Avenue, widow of A W. The 1940 name section lists Maxwell G Smith at 1666 West 6th Avenue, a mechanic at the Marine Sales & Service. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E M Smith at 2078 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel M Smith there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists P C H Smith at 2145 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Peter C H Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Jersey Farms, with Philip C Smith, an apprentice at Mackenzie White & Dunsmuir. The 1940 name section lists John Smith at 2515 West 6th Avenue, retired.

E H Smith is listed at 2869 West 6th Avenue in 1940; 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 Everett H Smith there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Barr & Anderson, with Ron H Smith, a student. T O Smith is listed at 2885 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas O Smith there as the householder, an engineer at Pacific Coyle Navigation.

Today

1666 West 6th, 2078 West 6th, 2869 West 6th and 2885 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2078 West 6th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2515 West 6th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1401 West 6th and 2145 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.