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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kaminos

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Kamino at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Kaminos at 1952 West 4th in 1940.

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Where the Kaminos 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

    3937 Marguerite Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Eileen Kamino, a maid for Dr A M Agnew 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Gall at 3989. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1952 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S A Kamino, a jujitsu instructor 1940
    • Fumiko Kamino, a cook 1940
    • Miss T Kamino, a cook 1940
    • Tsuneo Kamino, a spotter at Associated Cleaners 1940
    • Y Kamino 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Waugh at 1948 and A Edmond at 1958. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a cook (2), a jujitsu instructor, a maid and a spotter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano and Shaughnessy. 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 Eileen Kamino at 3937 Marguerite Street, a maid for Dr A M Agnew. S A Kamino is listed at 1952 West 4th Avenue 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 Steph A Kamino there as the householder, a jujitsu instructor, with Fumiko Kamino, a cook, Miss T Kamino, a cook, Tsuneo Kamino, a spotter at Associated Cleaners, and Y Kamino.

Today

3937 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1952 West 4th, so that building is 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Kaminos

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.