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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Isogais

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Isogai 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 Isogais 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

    679 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Isogai, a fish buyer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs Y Watanabe at 671. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    504 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G S Isogai, a secretary for Ocean Fisheries 1940

    Next door in 1940: West Coast Trading at 502 and R Hoshino at 508. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1822 Pandora Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S Isogai, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Byers at 1820 and G Domokos at 1824. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    523 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Isogai, a transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: 6 listings at 519 and Mrs F Kamikura at 537. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1776 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H Isogai, a laborer at Powell Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Y Nakahara at 1774. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a fish buyer, a laborer, a millworker, a secretary and a transfer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Grandview-Woodland (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 Y Isogai at 679 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Yosohichi Isogai there as the householder, a fish buyer. In 1940 the directory lists G S Isogai at 504 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists G Soitaro Isogai there as the householder, a secretary for Ocean Fisheries.

The 1940 name section lists S Isogai at 1822 Pandora Street, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. T Isogai, a transfer, is listed at 523 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Tomejiro Isogai there, a transfer.

H Isogai is listed at 1776 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Heijiro Isogai there as the householder, a laborer at Powell Lumber.

Today

679 East Cordova and 504 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 1822 Pandora (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 523 Powell and 1776 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Isogais

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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 I. Want a name removed? Tell us.