A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Galettis
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Galetti at two addresses in 1940, all on East 28th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Galettis at 777 East 28th in 1940.
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Where the Galettis lived
- 1
765 East 28th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F R Galetti, a switchman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Morris at 741 and Mrs C Galetti at 777. The block, door by door
- 2
777 East 28th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs C Galetti, widow of J 1940
- Alfonso L Galetti, a postman 1940
- Mark F Galetti, a salesman at Montreal Bakery 1940
Next door in 1940: F R Galetti at 765. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a postman, a salesman and a switchman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 F R Galetti at 765 East 28th 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 Felix R Galetti there as the householder, a switchman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Galetti at 777 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Carolina Galetti there as the householder, widow of J, with Alfonso L Galetti, a postman, and Mark F Galetti, a salesman at Montreal Bakery.
Today
765 East 28th (2011) and 777 East 28th (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Galetti F R765 East 28th, p. 243
- Galetti Felix R swchmn BCER765 East 28th, p. 214
- *Galetti Mrs C777 East 28th, p. 243
- Galetti Alfonso L postmn777 East 28th, p. 214
- Galetti Carolina wid J777 East 28th, p. 214
- Galetti Mark F slsmn Montreal Bky777 East 28th, p. 214
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Galettis
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Galetti 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.