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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses

The directories print ten people named Smith at nine addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. 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

    165 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hubert Smith, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Denby Bros & Co at 163 and Glidden Co at 167. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    342 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Smith, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Beck at 340 and Lunch Pender at 344. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    730 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G W Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pender Staty & Book at 728. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    789 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S R Smith, a geologist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Natl at 737. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1035 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Smith, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zem at 1033 and Mitchell Prntg & Pub at 1037. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1068 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs L S Smith, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Loy Kwong at 1066 and Marine Drsmkrs & Clnrs at 1070. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1256 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M M Smith, proprietor of the Telford Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Rolston at 1240 and Mrs B I Hall at 1264. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1301 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Smith, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Portelli at 1309. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1334 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss R M Smith, rooms to let 1940
    • Ruby M Smith, a telephone operator at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: R V McCarter at 1328 and S R O'Neill at 1344. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a geologist, a laborer, an on active service, a proprietor, a salesman and a telephone operator. 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 Hubert Smith at 165 West Pender Street, a laborer. W H Smith, an accountant, is listed at 342 West Pender Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists G W Smith at 730 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists George W Smith there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists S R Smith, a geologist, at 789 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Sam R Smith there, a geologist. The 1940 name section lists James Smith at 1035 West Pender Street, an engineer, with James H Smith, a salesman.

Mrs L S Smith is listed at 1068 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists L Seymour Smith there as the householder, widow of J. Mrs M M Smith is listed at 1256 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Maple M Smith there as the householder, proprietor of the Telford Apartments.

The 1940 name section lists William Smith at 1301 West Pender Street, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists Miss R M Smith, rooms to let, at 1334 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Ruby M Smith there, a telephone operator at the Union Steamship Company.

Today

165 West Pender and 789 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946, 789 West Pender on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 342 West Pender, 730 West Pender, 1035 West Pender, 1068 West Pender, 1256 West Pender, 1301 West Pender and 1334 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.