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A family name on West King Edward Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on West King Edward 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1751 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Maude M Smith, a cook for Dr M Fox 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Hutton at 1799. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2737 West King Edward Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J M Smith, a switchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Foster at 2773. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2850 West King Edward Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Margaret Smith, widow of W J 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A S Chowne at 2828. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3105 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C G Smith, of Armstrong-Smith Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Patrick at 3115. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3255 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • William R Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Milne at 3249 and Miss L Dodd at 3257. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a cook and a switchman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2), Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 Maude M Smith at 1751 West King Edward Avenue, a cook for Dr M Fox. J M Smith is listed at 2737 West King Edward 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 John M Smith there as the householder, a switchman. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Smith at 2850 West King Edward Avenue, widow of W J.

In 1940 the directory lists C G Smith at 3105 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cedric G Smith there as the householder, of Armstrong-Smith Agencies. The 1940 name section lists William R Smith at 3255 West King Edward Avenue.

Today

1751 West King Edward and 3105 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2737 West King Edward, 2850 West King Edward and 3255 West King Edward, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Smiths

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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.