A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tarantinos
In the city directories 1940 · five people at one address
The directories print five people named Tarantino at one address, 6414 Chester Street in Sunset, in 1940.
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The Tarantinos at home
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6414 Chester Street
Sunset, 1940
- J Tarantino, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe 1940
- Albert C Tarantino, a mechanic 1940
- Alphonso Tarantino, proprietor of Al's Barber Shop 1940
- Helen A Tarantino, a seamer at the Pride of the West 1940
- Rose E Tarantino, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F P Ladner at 6404 and T H Baird at 6424. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a laborer, a mechanic, a proprietor and a seamer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Sunset. 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 Tarantino at 6414 Chester 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 John Tarantino there as the householder, proprietor of Johnny's Tobacco Store, with Joseph M Tarantino, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe, Albert C Tarantino, a mechanic, Alphonso Tarantino, proprietor of Al's Barber Shop, Helen A Tarantino, a seamer at the Pride of the West, and Rose E Tarantino, a student.
Today
6414 Chester still has its building from before 1946, dated 1933 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Tarantino J6414 Chester, p. 30
- Tarantino Albt C mech6414 Chester, p. 601
- Tarantino Alphonso prop Al's Barber Shop6414 Chester, p. 601
- Tarantino Helen A seamer Pride of the West6414 Chester, p. 601
- Tarantino John prop Johnny's Tobac Store6414 Chester, p. 601
- Tarantino Jos M lab Pac Coast Pipe6414 Chester, p. 601
- Tarantino Rose E studt6414 Chester, p. 601
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tarantinos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Tarantino 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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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.