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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fujinos

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Fujino at six addresses in 1940 in four 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 Fujinos 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

    641 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss F Fujino, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Viaduct Rooms at 639 and Main Hotel at 645. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    176 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Tota Fujino 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pool Room Powell at 172. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    654 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Fujye Fujino, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Uyeno at 636 and Rosebank Gro at 686. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1633 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Tokichi Fujino, proprietor of Customer's Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Abe at 1627 and K Adachi at 1635. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1819 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • K Fujino, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Ikeda at 1823. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    983 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ituki Fujino 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Shiraishi at 977 and Mrs H Stewart at 995. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a barber, a gardener and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Strathcona (2), Downtown and Kitsilano. 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 Miss F Fujino, a barber, at 641 Main Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Tota Fujino at 176 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Fujye Fujino at 654 Powell Street, a barber. The 1940 name section lists Tokichi Fujino at 1633 West 2nd Avenue, proprietor of Customer's Grocery.

In 1940 the directory lists K Fujino at 1819 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Kanegiro Fujino there as the householder, a gardener. The 1940 name section lists Ituki Fujino at 983 West 7th Avenue.

Today

1633 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 641 Main, 176 Powell, 654 Powell, 1819 West 2nd and 983 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Fujinos

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.