I am looking for a man who is listed in his Dad's 1944 obituary as
living in Toronto, Ont. I have been in touch with the Toronto Public
Library's "Ask a Librarian" service (to see when he is no longer listed
in hopes of eventually obtaining this man's obituary). My problem is
that the 1944 edition of the Toronto city directory has no listing for
this man - by his name or initial. I am wondering if someone can tell
me (assuming the 1944 obituary is correct),
if there are directories that would cover the area around Toronto -
perhaps he was listed as living in Toronto to simplify things but in
reality he lived close to but not actually in the city. Is there a
possibility that his number could have been unlisted in 1944?
I very much appreciate any suggestions you can offer.
> Hello -
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I hope you have said city directory and not telephone directory? Many
in 1944 would not have had a telephone.
If he was young and/or unemployed he might not have made the directory.
If he was in the services he also might not have been included. If he
was 18-35 in 1944 I would be looking at the armed services records as
well.
I am sure there are directories for other areas around Toronto, but
don't know them personally.
I have heard some people call the entire province of ON 'Toronto'.
> My problem is that the 1944 edition of the Toronto city directory has
> no listing for this man - by his name or initial. I am wondering if
> someone can tell me (assuming the 1944 obituary is correct),
> if there are directories that would cover the area around Toronto -
> perhaps he was listed as living in Toronto to simplify things but in
> reality he lived close to but not actually in the city. Is there a
> possibility that his number could have been unlisted in 1944?
If someone was in Toronto in 1944, I would not look in just the 1944
directory as each directory is only as good as the people who went door
to door and whomever answered the door.
Most of the information in the 1944 directory was gathered in 1943.
Therefore, I would expand my check of the years from 1944 and check 1940
to 1950 for this person and you might have better luck getting a tab on
them.
RB
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Sent: June 1, 2004 5:03 PM
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Subject: Re: Searching for someone in ON in 1944
On 1-Jun-04, at 15:29, Linda Holdaway wrote:
> Hello -
> snipped
I hope you have said city directory and not telephone directory? Many
in 1944 would not have had a telephone.
If he was young and/or unemployed he might not have made the directory.
If he was in the services he also might not have been included. If he
was 18-35 in 1944 I would be looking at the armed services records as
well.
I am sure there are directories for other areas around Toronto, but
don't know them personally.
I have heard some people call the entire province of ON 'Toronto'.
> My problem is that the 1944 edition of the Toronto city directory has
> no listing for this man - by his name or initial. I am wondering if
> someone can tell me (assuming the 1944 obituary is correct),
> if there are directories that would cover the area around Toronto -
> perhaps he was listed as living in Toronto to simplify things but in
> reality he lived close to but not actually in the city. Is there a
> possibility that his number could have been unlisted in 1944?
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