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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Adachis

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Adachi at five addresses in 1940 in two 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 Adachis 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

    1514 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M Adachi, proprietor of the Fuji Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C J Hooper at 1500 and Wicklow (The) at 1516. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1635 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • K Adachi, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Tsuji at 1633 and Grindley T M Co at 1641. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1767 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Y Adachi, a laborer at Powell Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Singh at 1763 and Land Wood Yard Dry at 1785. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1612 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Adachi 1940
    • Mrs Ayako Adachi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Moore at 1608 and Animal Clinic Free at 1618. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1065 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Adachi, a radio operator at the Continental Daily News 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Pugh at 1055 and J Thomson at 1075. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a gardener, a laborer, a proprietor and a radio operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 M Adachi at 1514 Powell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Masato Adachi there as the householder, proprietor of the Fuji Rooms. In 1940 the directory lists K Adachi at 1635 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Kitsua Adachi there as the householder, a gardener.

In 1940 the directory lists Y Adachi at 1767 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Yoshikuni Adachi there as the householder, a laborer at Powell Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists T Adachi at 1612 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ayako Adachi there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists S Adachi at 1065 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Sadaichi Adachi there as the householder, a radio operator at the Continental Daily News.

Today

1635 West 2nd (1980) and 1065 West 8th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1514 Powell, 1767 West 2nd and 1612 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.