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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Moropitos

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Moropito at four 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. The most under one roof: four Moropitos at 4760 Lanark in 1940.

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Where the Moropitos lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1336 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Rubina Moropito, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Lefebure at 1320 and Mrs K D Caravan at 1346. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4760 Lanark Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • V Moropito, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940
    • Clara T Moropito 1940
    • Frank Moropito, a laborer 1940
    • Nikadamo Moropito, a sheet metal worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Alvaro at 4754. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5041 Ross Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Moropito, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bob at 5033 and T P Rock at 5071. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    316 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • James Moropito, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wong Yet at 312 and A Pitton at 320. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a laborer (5) and a sheet metal worker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3) and Strathcona. 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 Rubina Moropito at 1336 East 11th Avenue, a laborer. V Moropito is listed at 4760 Lanark Street 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 Vincenzo Moropito there as the householder, a laborer at BC Sugar, with Clara T Moropito, Frank Moropito, a laborer, and Nikadamo Moropito, a sheet metal worker.

T Moropito is listed at 5041 Ross Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Tony Moropito there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists James Moropito at 316 Union Street, a laborer.

Today

1336 East 11th and 316 Union still have their buildings from before 1946, 316 Union on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4760 Lanark (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5041 Ross, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.