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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hatanakas

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Hatanaka at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Hatanakas 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

    1014 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • K Hatanaka, proprietor of Kenny's Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Box at 1010 and Mrs L M O'Grady at 1024. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    655 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Hatanaka 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Tanaka at 653 and R Otsuji at 657. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    637 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Segeo Hatanaka 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Nakada at 633 and W Ohori at 641. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    525 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Hatanaka, proprietor of Tokyo Tailors 1940

    Next door in 1940: lumbermen's bldg at 509 and Miss M Spencer at 527. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown and West End. 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 K Hatanaka at 1014 Cardero Street, proprietor of Kenny's Market. S Hatanaka is listed at 655 East Cordova Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Shuzo Hatanaka there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Segeo Hatanaka at 637 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists S Hatanaka at 525 Richards Street. The 1940 name section lists Shigeru Hatanaka there as the householder, proprietor of Tokyo Tailors.

Today

1014 Cardero and 655 East Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946, 655 East Cordova on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 637 Powell and 525 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Hatanakas

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.