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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mustos

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Musto at six addresses in 1940 in five 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: three Mustos at 325 West 10th in 1940.

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Where the Mustos 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

    3589 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F G Musto, a shoe maker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Morrison at 3569 and Mrs L Diebel at 3591. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2010 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A J Musto, a route supervisor at Cowan-Dodson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Livingstone at 2002 and J DiGiandomenico at 2016. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3340 Price Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C J Musto, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Morley at 3320 and D Wise at 3346. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1774 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A O Musto, a physio-therapist 1940
    • Mrs Nellie E Musto, proprietor of the Pandora Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Lonsdale at 1770 and W A Radley at 1778. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    325 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A E Musto, retired 1940
    • Ena A Musto, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Gladys L Musto, a stenographer at Dominion Rubber 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Adamson at 317 and J W Young at 335. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    144 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A O Musto, a physio-therapist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Singer Sewing Mach at 142 and Ray's Style Shoppe at 146. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a stenographer (2), a laborer, a physio-therapist, a proprietor, a route supervisor and a shoe maker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 G Musto at 3589 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick G Musto there as the householder, a shoe maker. In 1940 the directory lists A J Musto at 2010 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Musto there as the householder, a route supervisor at Cowan-Dodson.

In 1940 the directory lists C J Musto at 3340 Price 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 lists Charles J Musto there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists A O Musto at 1774 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Alfred O Musto there as the householder, a physio-therapist, with Mrs Nellie E Musto, proprietor of the Pandora Library.

In 1940 the directory lists A E Musto at 325 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred E Musto there as the householder, retired, with Ena A Musto, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway, and Gladys L Musto, a stenographer at Dominion Rubber. In 1940 the directory lists A O Musto, a physio-therapist, at 144 West Hastings Street.

Today

3589 Commercial still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2010 East 13th (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3340 Price, 1774 Robson, 325 West 10th and 144 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Mustos

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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.