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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trasolinis

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Trasolini at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Trasolinis at 850 East 12th in 1940.

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Where the Trasolinis 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

    850 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • L Trasolini, a longshoreman 1940
    • E Trasolini, a helper at Pacific Meat 1940
    • Fulvia F N Trasolini, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
    • Tosca L Trasolini, a secretary for A E Branca 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R Molnar at 840 and H Gingell at 856. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    771 Prior Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Trasolini, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Halliday at 757. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2736 West 19th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Norman G Trasolini, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Renshaw at 2726 and S H Munn at 2742. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a longshoreman (2), a fireman, a helper, a machinist operator and a secretary.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 L Trasolini at 850 East 12th Avenue; 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 Louis Trasolini there as the householder, a longshoreman, with E Trasolini, a helper at Pacific Meat, Fulvia F N Trasolini, a machinist operator at American Can, and Tosca L Trasolini, a secretary for A E Branca. In 1940 the directory lists A Trasolini at 771 Prior Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Antonio Trasolini there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists Norman G Trasolini at 2736 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Norman G Trasolini there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

850 East 12th and 771 Prior still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2736 West 19th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.