A family name on West 9th Avenue, West Point Grey
The Smiths
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Smith at two addresses in 1940, all on West 9th 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
4320 West 9th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J Smith, a driver at Arctic Ice 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Muttart at 4310 and Mrs J McLeod at 4324. The block, door by door
- 2
4575 West 9th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- L W Smith, an optometrist 1940
- Eric L Smith, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: W Askew at 4565 and J A McKim at 4585. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and an optometrist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 J Smith at 4320 West 9th 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 John Smith there as the householder, a driver at Arctic Ice. In 1940 the directory lists L W Smith at 4575 West 9th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence W Smith there as the householder, an optometrist, with Eric L Smith, a student at UBC.
Today
4320 West 9th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4575 West 9th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Smith J4320 West 9th, p. 197
- Smith John drvr Arctic Ice4320 West 9th, p. 571
- *Smith L W4575 West 9th, p. 197
- Smith Eric L studt UBC4575 West 9th, p. 569
- Smith Lawrence W optometrist 49 W Hastings4575 West 9th, p. 572
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.