A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Salas
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Sala at three 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.
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Where the Salas lived
- 1
- 2
- 3
1523 Frances Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Nino G Sala, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: R Grippo at 1517 and H Miller at 1529. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a mechanic (2) and a logger.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 T Sala at 6307 Doman 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 Theodorous Sala there as the householder, a mechanic at BC Equipment. In 1940 the directory lists T Sala Jr at 3241 East 49th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Theodorous Sala Jr there as the householder, a mechanic.
The 1940 name section lists Nino G Sala at 1523 Frances Street, a logger.
Today
1523 Frances still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6307 Doman and 3241 East 49th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Sala T6307 Doman, p. 42
- Sala Theodorous mech BC Equip6307 Doman, p. 541
- Sala T Jr3241 East 49th, p. 265
- Sala Theodorous Jr mech3241 East 49th, p. 541
- Sala Nino G logr1523 Frances, p. 541
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Salas
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Sala name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.