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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Fukumuras

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Fukumura at two addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Fukumuras 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

    521 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs S Fukumura, widow of S 1940
    • Michi Fukumura, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Kondo at 513 and T Machida at 527. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    325 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K Fukumura, proprietor of Takata Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hayami at 323 and I Miyazaki at 329. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dressmaker and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 Mrs S Fukumura at 521 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sato Fukumura there as the householder, widow of S, with Michi Fukumura, a dressmaker. In 1940 the directory lists K Fukumura at 325 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Kunisaburo Fukumura there as the householder, proprietor of Takata Taxi.

Today

The City no longer lists 521 East Cordova and 325 Powell, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Fukumuras

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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.