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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kagawas

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Kagawa 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 Kagawas 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

    821 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ritsuko Kagawa, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tommy's Cafe at 811 and F W Partington at 823. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    607 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Kagawa, a laborer for Bailey Cedar 1940
    • Kazuko Kagawa, a dressmaker at Elite Dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs T Ishibashi at 605 and Mrs F Watanabe at 627. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    331 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs Kuni Kagawa, proprietor of the Togo Rooms 1940
    • Rinzaburo Kagawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: Importing Standard at 327 and BC Pub Mkt at 333. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Downtown. 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 Ritsuko Kagawa at 821 Davie Street, widow of S. S Kagawa is listed at 607 East Cordova Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Shigetaro Kagawa there as the householder, a laborer for Bailey Cedar, with Kazuko Kagawa, a dressmaker at Elite Dressmaker. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Kuni Kagawa at 331 Main Street, proprietor of the Togo Rooms, with Rinzaburo Kagawa.

Today

The City no longer lists 821 Davie, 607 East Cordova and 331 Main, 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 Kagawas

Every directory, as one book

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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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.