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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Alvaros

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Alvaro at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Alvaros at 2492 Yale in 1940.

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Where the Alvaros 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

    4754 Lanark Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Alvaro, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S L Ash at 4746 and V Moropito at 4760. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2492 Yale Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Alvaro, of London Hotel Beer Parlor 1940
    • Dominic Alvaro, a waiter at the London Hotel 1940
    • Mary F Alvaro 1940
    • Nicholas J Alvaro, a waiter at the London Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Smith at 2444. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a waiter (2) and a laborer. Two of them worked for London Hotel.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A Alvaro at 4754 Lanark 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 Anthony Alvaro there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J Alvaro at 2492 Yale Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Alvaro there as the householder, of London Hotel Beer Parlor, with John Alvaro, Dominic Alvaro, a waiter at the London Hotel, Mary F Alvaro, and Nicholas J Alvaro, a waiter at the London Hotel.

Today

2492 Yale still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4754 Lanark, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.