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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Toffalettos

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Toffaletto at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Toffalettos at 1973 Charles in 1940.

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Where the Toffalettos 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

    1973 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Toffaletto, retired 1940
    • Annie Toffaletto, an operator at Vancouver Dry Goods 1940
    • Edith Toffaletto 1940

    Next door in 1940: M F Beavis at 1957 and A M Foster at 1975. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    611 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A J Toffaletto 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Mount Pleasant. 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 Toffaletto at 1973 Charles 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 Joseph Toffaletto there as the householder, retired, with Annie Toffaletto, an operator at Vancouver Dry Goods, and Edith Toffaletto. In 1940 the directory lists A J Toffaletto at 611 East 7th Avenue.

Today

611 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1973 Charles (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1973 Charles: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Toffalettos

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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.