A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Canianos
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Caniano 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.
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Where the Canianos lived
- 1
2547 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Caniano, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Warner at 2535 and W A Finlay at 2569. The block, door by door
- 2
1186 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- V Canino, a carman helper at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs V Buckley at 1180 and Mrs C Rivett at 1192. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a carman helper and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 J Caniano at 2547 East 7th Avenue; 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 Joseph Caniano there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists V Canino at 1186 Richards Street, a carman helper at the CPR.
Today
2547 East 7th (2013) and 1186 Richards (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Caniano J2547 East 7th, p. 190
- Caniano Jos lab2547 East 7th, p. 95
- Canino V carmn hlpr CPR1186 Richards, p. 95
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Canianos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Caniano 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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Another name, or a house
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.