A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Contos
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Conto at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Contos lived
- 1
611 East 26th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Marcello Conto, a painter at Begg Motor 1940
Next door in 1940: F Noske at 607 and W H Warner at 619. The block, door by door
- 2
14 East 2nd Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A Conto, a trimmer at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
- Lena D Conto 1940
Next door in 1940: Intl Junk at 6 and R Wilson at 22. The block, door by door
- 3
140 East 2nd Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- S Conto, a laborer 1940
- Anna Conto, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: C David at 138 and Baynes & Horie at 146. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a laborer, a painter and a trimmer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Riley Park. 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 Marcello Conto at 611 East 26th Avenue, a painter at Begg Motor. A Conto is listed at 14 East 2nd 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 Angelo Conto there as the householder, a trimmer at Canadian Pacific Steamships, with Lena D Conto.
S Conto is listed at 140 East 2nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Silvio Conto there as the householder, a laborer, with Anna Conto, widow of A.
Today
The City no longer lists 611 East 26th, 14 East 2nd and 140 East 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Conto Marcello pntr Begg Motor611 East 26th, p. 123
- *Conto A14 East 2nd, p. 174
- Conto Angelo trmr CPSS14 East 2nd, p. 123
- Conto Lena D14 East 2nd, p. 123
- *Conto S140 East 2nd, p. 174
- Conto Anna wid A140 East 2nd, p. 123
- Conto Silvio lab140 East 2nd, p. 123
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Contos
Every directory, as one book
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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.