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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pastros

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Pastro at three addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. 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 Pastros at 437 Prior in 1940.

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Where the Pastros 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

    296 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • B Pastro, a laborer 1940
    • E Pastro, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 290. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    437 Prior Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Pastro, a trimmer at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
    • John Pastro, a fisherman 1940
    • Joseph Pastro, a shipper for P Tosi 1940
    • Margaret Pastro 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Girando at 433 and M Costantini at 443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    426 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E Pastro, a terrazzo worker at O'Neil Co 1940
    • Giachinto Pastro, a terrazzo worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Basso at 420 and Mrs A Sitton at 436. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a laborer (2), a terrazzo worker (2), a fisherman, a shipper and a trimmer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 B Pastro at 296 Keefer Street, a laborer, with E Pastro, a laborer. A Pastro is listed at 437 Prior 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 Antonio Pastro there as the householder, a trimmer at Canadian Pacific Steamships, with John Pastro, a fisherman, Joseph Pastro, a shipper for P Tosi, and Margaret Pastro.

E Pastro is listed at 426 Union Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernesto Pastro there as the householder, a terrazzo worker at O'Neil Co, with Giachinto Pastro, a terrazzo worker.

Today

437 Prior still has its building from before 1946, dated 1907 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 426 Union (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 296 Keefer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

The book of the Pastros

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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.