A family name on West 73rd Avenue, Marpole
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 73rd 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
1470 West 73rd Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- N A Smith, a helper at H M Shingle 1940
Next door in 1940: R P G World at 1462 and J E Rowe at 1478. The block, door by door
- 2
1486 West 73rd Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- J D Smith, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Rowe at 1478. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a helper and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (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
In 1940 the directory lists N A Smith at 1470 West 73rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman A Smith there as the householder, a helper at H M Shingle. In 1940 the directory lists J D Smith at 1486 West 73rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James D Smith there as the householder, a school teacher.
Today
The City no longer lists 1470 West 73rd and 1486 West 73rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Smith N A1470 West 73rd, p. 272
- Smith Norman A hlpr H M Shingle1470 West 73rd, p. 572
- Smith J D1486 West 73rd, p. 272
- Smith Jas D sch tchr Van City1486 West 73rd, p. 571
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.