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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stefaniches

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Stefanich 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.

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Where the Stefaniches 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

    820 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Stefanich, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Thomas at 818 and M Polonio at 822. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    732 Hawks Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Matt Stefanich, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S G Nicola at 730 and S Sato at 736. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    406 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Peter Stefanich, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Giuriato Bros at 404 and L Giuriato at 410. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a fisherman (3).

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

In 1940 the directory lists J Stefanich at 820 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Stefanich there as the householder, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Matt Stefanich at 732 Hawks Avenue, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Peter Stefanich at 406 Union Street, a fisherman.

Today

406 Union still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 820 East Pender and 732 Hawks, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 820 East Pender: no archive photo of the 800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Stefaniches

Every directory, as one book

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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.