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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stamatises

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Stamatis at four 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 Stamatises 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

    569 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas M Stamatis, a night manager for Trocadero Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Blakeman at 567 and B C Printers Supply at 571. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2324 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Stamatis, a manager at Scott's Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Warris at 2314 and E Crumner at 2336. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3291 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Stamatis, a president & manager at National Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Kennedy at 3281. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3183 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T C Stamatis, a manager for Trocadero Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Penwill at 3175. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a manager (2), a night manager and a president. Two of them worked for Trocadero Cafe.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Downtown. 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 Thomas M Stamatis at 569 Hamilton Street, a night manager for Trocadero Cafe. H Stamatis is listed at 2324 West 15th Avenue 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 Harry Stamatis there as the householder, a manager at Scott's Cafe.

C Stamatis is listed at 3291 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Constantine Stamatis there as the householder, a president & manager at National Lunch. T C Stamatis is listed at 3183 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Stamatis there as the householder, a manager for Trocadero Cafe.

Today

2324 West 15th and 3291 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 569 Hamilton and 3183 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Stamatises

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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.