A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tronos
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Trono 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.
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Where the Tronos lived
- 1
1072 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Louis Trono, a manager at the Dodson Hotel and proprietor of Nelson Delicatessen 1940
Next door in 1940: L E Collum at 1070 and L T Sargent at 1074. The block, door by door
- 2
1815 West 12th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Charles Trono, a salesman at Nelson Delicatessen 1940
Next door in 1940: C D Sanders at 1805 and G Floyd at 1817. The block, door by door
- 3
1065 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs D Trono, widow of E 1940
- Mario Trono 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Fuller at 1055 and N Boxer at 1073. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a manager and a salesman. Two of them worked for Nelson Delicatessen. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West End. 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 Louis Trono at 1072 Nelson Street as the householder, a manager at the Dodson Hotel and proprietor of Nelson Delicatessen. The 1940 name section lists Charles Trono at 1815 West 12th Avenue, a salesman at Nelson Delicatessen. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs D Trono at 1065 West Broadway; 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 Dora Trono there as the householder, widow of E, with Mario Trono.
Today
1815 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1072 Nelson and 1065 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Trono Louis mgr Dodson Hotel and prop Nelson Delctsn1072 Nelson, p. 619
- Trono Chas slsmn Nelson Delctsn1815 West 12th, p. 619
- *Trono Mrs D1065 West Broadway, p. 17
- Trono Dora wid E1065 West Broadway, p. 619
- Trono Mario1065 West Broadway, p. 619
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Tronos
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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.