A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Eastos
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Easto at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Eastoe. 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 Eastos lived
- 1
2266 Adanac Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H Easto, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: F Dingsdale at 2260 and R G Gordon at 2274. The block, door by door
- 2
3148 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- D Eastoe, a president at the Realty Investment Corporation 1940
- Mrs Beatrice I Eastoe, a secretary at the Realty Investment Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Fitchett at 3142 and Mrs M F Edwards at 3162. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a longshoreman, a president and a secretary. Two of them worked for Realty Investment Corporation.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Kitsilano. 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 H Easto at 2266 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert Easto there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists D Eastoe at 3148 West 2nd 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 lists Delmar Eastoe there as the householder, a president at the Realty Investment Corporation, with Mrs Beatrice I Eastoe, a secretary at the Realty Investment Corporation.
Today
2266 Adanac (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3148 West 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Easto H2266 Adanac, p. 2
- Easto Herbt lngshmn2266 Adanac, p. 176
- *Eastoe D3148 West 2nd, p. 176
- Eastoe Mrs Beatrice I sec Realty Invest Corpn3148 West 2nd, p. 176
- Eastoe Delmar pres Realty Invest Corpn3148 West 2nd, p. 176
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Eastos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Easto 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.