A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Calabrigos
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Calabrigo at two addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Calabrigos lived
- 1
258 East 1st Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- G Calabrigo, an apprentice at the Acme Iron Works 1940
Next door in 1940: L Giacoma at 252 and B L Bordignon at 262. The block, door by door
- 2
537 Prior Street
Strathcona, 1940
- G Calabrigo, a trimmer at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
- Olympia Calabrigo, a packer at Famous Foods 1940
Next door in 1940: C Stefani at 523 and F E Hill at 541. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an apprentice, a packer and a trimmer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 G Calabrigo at 258 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gino Calabrigo there as the householder, an apprentice at the Acme Iron Works. In 1940 the directory lists G Calabrigo at 537 Prior 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 lists Giovanni Calabrigo there as the householder, a trimmer at Canadian Pacific Steamships, with Olympia Calabrigo, a packer at Famous Foods.
Today
537 Prior still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 258 East 1st (1977) 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.
- Calabrigo G258 East 1st, p. 172
- Calabrigo Gino appr Acme Iron Wks258 East 1st, p. 86
- *Calabrigo G537 Prior, p. 137
- Calabrigo Giovanni trmr CPSS537 Prior, p. 86
- Calabrigo Olympia pkr Famous Foods537 Prior, p. 86
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Calabrigos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Calabrigo name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.