A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Alloros
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Alloro at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Alloros lived
- 1
3423 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E C Alloro, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: F F Ferrari at 3417 and G Vertigan at 3429. The block, door by door
- 2
1125 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- H Alloro 1940
Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door
- 3
3415 Pandora Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- V Alloro, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Sperring at 3403 and F D Vanstone at 3435. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a porter and a waiter. Two of them worked for Vancouver Hotel.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Downtown. 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 E C Alloro at 3423 East Pender Street; 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 Enos C Alloro there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel. The 1940 name section lists H Alloro at 1125 Granville Street.
V Alloro is listed at 3415 Pandora Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Victor Alloro there as the householder, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel.
Today
1125 Granville and 3415 Pandora still have their buildings from before 1946; 3423 East Pender (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Alloro E C3423 East Pender, p. 128
- Alloro Enos C waiter Van Hotel3423 East Pender, p. 10
- Alloro H1125 Granville, p. 10
- *Alloro V3415 Pandora, p. 125
- Alloro Victor porter Van Hotel3415 Pandora, p. 10
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Alloros
Every directory, as one book
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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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.