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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 15 people named Smith at eleven addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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: five Smiths at 377 West 7th 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

    175 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • K H Smith, a boomman at Marine Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Holbrook at 169 and B Karn at 179. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    377 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W S Smith 1940
    • Cecil W Smith, a stenographer 1940
    • Harold P Smith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Ken G Smith, a salesman at Uneeda Towel 1940
    • Muriel I Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C C Carl at 367. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    453 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Smith, a chauffeur for Star Cabs 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Moores at 451 and A Young at 455. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    506 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ralph Smith, a rivetter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Reynolds at 504. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    600 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A R Smith, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Mitchetch at 608. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1215 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ada Smith, widow of G A 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Osbourn at 1203 and J W Hober at 1223. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1530 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G I Smith, a salesman at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sigerstrom at 1522 and L Cavalli at 1540. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1602 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T R Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Murphy at 1606. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2416 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Elizabeth Smith, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Legge at 2406 and Mrs R Press at 2426. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2435 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C B Macpherson at 2425 and Mrs M L Bechill at 2445. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    4606 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • David B Smith, an assistant at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Hemsworth at 4610. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 15: a salesman (2), an assistant, a boomman, a chauffeur, a clerk and a motorman, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (5), Mount Pleasant (3), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 K H Smith at 175 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken H Smith there as the householder, a boomman at Marine Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists W S Smith at 377 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William S Smith there as the householder, with Cecil W Smith, a stenographer, Harold P Smith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, Ken G Smith, a salesman at Uneeda Towel, and Muriel I Smith.

In 1940 the directory lists A Smith at 453 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Smith there as the householder, a chauffeur for Star Cabs. The 1940 name section lists Ralph Smith at 506 West 7th Avenue, a rivetter.

A R Smith is listed at 600 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arnold R Smith there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Ada Smith at 1215 West 7th Avenue, widow of G A.

In 1940 the directory lists G I Smith at 1530 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George I Smith there as the householder, a salesman at Jersey Farms. In 1940 the directory lists T R Smith at 1602 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Smith at 2416 West 7th Avenue, widow of F.

In 1940 the directory lists T Smith at 2435 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Smith there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists David B Smith at 4606 West 7th Avenue, an assistant at UBC.

Today

2416 West 7th and 4606 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1215 West 7th (1984) and 2435 West 7th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 175 West 7th, 377 West 7th, 453 West 7th, 506 West 7th, 600 West 7th, 1530 West 7th and 1602 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 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.