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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Battistonis

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Battistoni at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Battistonis at 564 Union in 1940.

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Where the Battistonis 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

    611 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • D Battistoni, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2716 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Cyril Battistoni, of Service Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss I K Nixon at 2702 and J Balabuk at 2734. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    564 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs L Battistoni, widow of G 1940
    • Armando Battistoni, of Venice Bakery 1940
    • Peter Battistoni, of Venice Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ikida at 552 and A Venturato at 574. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 D Battistoni at 611 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Dario Battistoni there as the householder, a driver. The 1940 name section lists Cyril Battistoni at 2716 Kitchener Street, of Service Taxi.

Mrs L Battistoni is listed at 564 Union Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Letitia Battistoni there as the householder, widow of G, with Armando Battistoni, of Venice Bakery, and Peter Battistoni, of Venice Bakery.

Today

611 East 7th and 564 Union still have their buildings from before 1946; 2716 Kitchener (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.