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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Callegaris

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Callegari at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Callegaro. 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 Callegaris 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

    1376 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Benjamin Callegaro, a shipper at Burnyeats 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Anderson at 1370 and R A Brown at 1378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    501 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Callegari, proprietor of Mount Pleasant Tailors 1940
    • Stan Calligari, an apprentice at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Gillis at 523. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    757 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Callegari 1940

    Next door in 1940: F O Johnson at 751 and K Ishii at 763. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2733 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Callegaro, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Lincoln at 2725 and R N Allan at 2751. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an apprentice, a proprietor, a shipper and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano, Riley Park 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Benjamin Callegaro at 1376 Burrard Street, a shipper at Burnyeats. G Callegari is listed at 501 East 18th Avenue in 1940; 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 Gaetano Callegari there as the householder, proprietor of Mount Pleasant Tailors, with Guido Calligari, and Stan Calligari, an apprentice at the Vivian Engineering Works.

A Callegari is listed at 757 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Antonio Callegari there as the householder. J Callegaro is listed at 2733 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Callegaro there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

2733 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1376 Burrard, 501 East 18th and 757 East Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Callegaris

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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.