A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Enomotos
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Enomoto at three 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 Enomotos lived
- 1
657 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Shuichi Enomoto, a manager at Safety Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: S Hatanaka at 655 and M Akazawa at 665. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
1722 West 37th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Kana Enomoto, a maid for L G Henderson 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Morrow at 1778. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid, a manager and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 Shuichi Enomoto at 657 East Cordova Street, a manager at Safety Garage. M Enomoto is listed at 510 Keefer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Masaheko Enomoto there as the householder, proprietor of the Excelsior Apartments. The 1940 name section lists Kana Enomoto at 1722 West 37th Avenue, a maid for L G Henderson.
Today
657 East Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1722 West 37th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 510 Keefer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Enomoto Shuichi mgr Safety Gar657 East Cordova, p. 185
- Enomoto M510 Keefer, p. 93
- Enomoto Masaheko prop Excelsior Apts510 Keefer, p. 185
- Enomoto Kana maid L G Henderson1722 West 37th, p. 185
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Enomotos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Enomoto name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.