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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Catranos

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Catrano 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 Catranos 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

    4875 Argyle Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E T Catrano, a waiter at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: B H J Oakley at 4869 and Mrs E Allen at 4883. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Andrew G Catrano, a locomotive fireman at the CNR 1940
    • Mary Catrano, a waitress at Henri's Charcoal Grill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a locomotive fireman, a waiter and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 T Catrano at 4875 Argyle 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 Etalo T Catrano there as the householder, a waiter at the Georgia Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Andrew G Catrano at 1060 Granville Street, a locomotive fireman at the CNR, with Mary Catrano, a waitress at Henri's Charcoal Grill.

Today

1060 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4875 Argyle (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Catranos

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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.