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A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · 17 people at nine addresses

The directories print 17 people named Smith at nine addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Smiths at 900 West Georgia 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

    219 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Albert Smith, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P McCabe at 217 and N Pappas at 221. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    317 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jack W Smith, a helper at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Rowett at 315 and W Zarazun at 319. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    535 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S W Smith, a barrister 1940
    • Alex Smith, a cook at Kelley Log 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sales Addressograph-Multigraph at 525 and J E Baldwin at 541. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Barbara Smith, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
    • Charles M Smith 1940
    • Mrs M Smith, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
    • Mrs S B Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L Smith, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1201 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss K M Smith 1940
    • Miss E Smith 1940
    • Emma Smith, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
    • Kathleen M Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Auto Reconditioning at 1219. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1241 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick S Smith, a waiter at the Yale Hotel 1940
    • R McBrair Smith, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Walmsley Motors at 1233 and Mrs M A Ferguson at 1259. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1252 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Clarence Smith, a mechanic for K Henderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Consol Motor Co Ltd at 1230 and R H Wiese at 1254. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1512 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • M Agnes Smith, widow of F G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fowler at 1508 and W Cook at 1556. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 17: a clerk (2), a maid (2), a cook, a helper, a mechanic and an operator, among others. Three of them worked for Vancouver Hotel. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (9). 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 Albert Smith at 219 West Georgia Street, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Jack W Smith at 317 West Georgia Street, a helper at the Vancouver Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists S W Smith, a barrister, at 535 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Smith there, a cook at Kelley Log.

The 1940 name section lists Barbara Smith at 900 West Georgia Street, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel, with Charles M Smith, Mrs M Smith, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel, and Mrs S B Smith. L Smith, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss E Smith at 1201 West Georgia Street. By 1940 it is Miss K M Smith. The 1940 name section lists Emma Smith there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Government, with Kathleen M Smith, an operator at the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Frederick S Smith at 1241 West Georgia Street, a waiter at the Yale Hotel, with R McBrair Smith, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Clarence Smith at 1252 West Georgia Street, a mechanic for K Henderson. The 1940 name section lists M Agnes Smith at 1512 West Georgia Street, widow of F G.

Today

900 West Georgia and 1201 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 219 West Georgia, 317 West Georgia, 535 West Georgia, 925 West Georgia, 1241 West Georgia, 1252 West Georgia and 1512 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.