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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Scarfos

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Scarfo at three addresses in 1940 in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Scarfos at 1612 East 29th in 1940.

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Where the Scarfos 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

    3706 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Scarfo, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Sito at 3736. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1612 East 29th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs V Scarfo, widow of F 1940
    • Anthony Scarfo 1940
    • Carmela Scarfo 1940
    • Domonic Scarfo, a laborer at Constractors' Supplies S&D 1940
    • Don Scarfo, who worked for Vancouver Wrecking 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Scarfo at 1620. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1620 East 29th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Scarfo, a salesman at Wonder Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V Scarfo at 1612 and S Salvesen at 1670. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an employee, a laborer, a salesman and a trackman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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

In 1940 the directory lists C Scarfo at 3706 Commercial 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 Carmelo Scarfo there as the householder, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs V Scarfo at 1612 East 29th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Victoria Scarfo there as the householder, widow of F, with Anthony Scarfo, Carmela Scarfo, Domonic Scarfo, a laborer at Constractors' Supplies S&D, and Don Scarfo, who worked for Vancouver Wrecking.

In 1940 the directory lists C Scarfo at 1620 East 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Carl Scarfo there as the householder, a salesman at Wonder Bakery.

Today

3706 Commercial (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1612 East 29th and 1620 East 29th, so those buildings are 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, street section

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.