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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Paonessas

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Paonessa 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: three Paonessas at 1894 East 38th in 1940.

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Where the Paonessas 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

    1894 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Paonessa 1940
    • Fiori Paonessa, proprietor of Montrose Fuel 1940
    • Mary Paonessa, a nurse at the St Joseph's Oriental Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Ricci at 1884. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    340 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Paonessa, a roofer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Jones at 336 and Mrs M Formenti at 346. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a nurse, a proprietor and a roofer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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

In 1940 the directory lists G Paonessa at 1894 East 38th 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 Guiseppe Paonessa there as the householder, with Fiori Paonessa, proprietor of Montrose Fuel, and Mary Paonessa, a nurse at the St Joseph's Oriental Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists T Paonessa at 340 Union Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Paonessa there as the householder, a roofer.

Today

1894 East 38th and 340 Union still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Paonessas

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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.