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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bifanos

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Bifano at three addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. 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 Bifanos lived

  1. 1

    957 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E Bifano, a peddler 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Cvetkovich at 945 and J V Bifano at 961. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    961 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J V Bifano, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Bifano at 957 and F G Engler at 963. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    964 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • P Bifano, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McColl at 956 and D Blogovich at 980. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a laborer (2) and a peddler.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 Bifano at 957 East Georgia 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 Emilio Bifano there as the householder, a peddler. In 1940 the directory lists J V Bifano at 961 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists James V Bifano there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists P Bifano at 964 Keefer Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Paul Bifano there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

The City no longer lists 957 East Georgia, 961 East Georgia and 964 Keefer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bifanos

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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.