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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Maianis

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses

The directories print seven people named Maiani 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. The most under one roof: six Maianis at 4314 Prince Albert in 1940.

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Where the Maianis 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

    2560 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Maiani, a helper at Ross & Howard 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Eaton at 2528 and H T Hall at 2564. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4314 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • U Maiani, a helper at Ross & Howard 1940
    • Carmella Maiani, a saleswoman at Satin Dairy 1940
    • Evelyn Maiani 1940
    • Louise Maiani, a saleswoman at Satin Dairy 1940
    • Violet S Maiani, a waitress for Oxford Cafe 1940
    • Virginia Maiani, a waitress for Oxford Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Denniss at 4324. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a helper (2), a saleswoman (2) and a waitress (2). Some worked for the same employer: two for Oxford Cafe, two for Ross & Howard and two for Satin Dairy.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise 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 August 1926 Ugo Maiani took out the permit to build a house at 2560 Adanac Street. In 1940 the directory lists H Maiani at 2560 Adanac 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 Hugo Maiani there as the householder, a helper at Ross & Howard.

In 1940 the directory lists U Maiani at 4314 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ulderico Maiani there as the householder, a helper at Ross & Howard, with Carmella Maiani, a saleswoman at Satin Dairy, Evelyn Maiani, Louise Maiani, a saleswoman at Satin Dairy, Violet S Maiani, a waitress for Oxford Cafe, and Virginia Maiani, a waitress for Oxford Cafe.

Today

2560 Adanac still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4314 Prince Albert, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.