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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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

    4 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Elizabeth M Smith, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Parry at 14. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    538 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Smith, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Ritchie at 536 and G H McCartney at 544. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    734 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Leonard Smith, a steward 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Campsall at 726 and H W Martin at 744. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1060 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Reginald Smith, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B S Thompson at 1056 and J Kirkland at 1064. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1245 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Harold Smith, an orderly at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ternent at 1231 and J Wallin at 1253. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1641 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charles Smith, a salesman at Frasea Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Taylor at 1631 and L E Thomas at 1653. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2324 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Zena Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Mayne at 2316 and J McCreery at 2334. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a conductor, an orderly, a salesman and a steward. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (5), Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Elizabeth M Smith at 4 West 8th Avenue, widow of J. Mrs M Smith is listed at 538 West 8th 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 Mary Smith there as the householder, widow of E. The 1940 name section lists Leonard Smith at 734 West 8th Avenue, a steward.

The 1940 name section lists Reginald Smith at 1060 West 8th Avenue, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Harold Smith at 1245 West 8th Avenue, an orderly at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government. The 1940 name section lists Charles Smith at 1641 West 8th Avenue, a salesman at Frasea Farms. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Zena Smith at 2324 West 8th Avenue.

Today

1245 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4 West 8th (1966) and 1060 West 8th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 538 West 8th, 734 West 8th, 1641 West 8th and 2324 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.