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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kimuras

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Kimura at eleven addresses in 1940 in four 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 Kimuras lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    409 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Tomio Kimura, an apprentice at Nippon Auto Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kawade Box Co at 425. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1177 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Kimura, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Reid at 1157. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    207 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs Riyo Kimura, proprietor of the Gore Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Yama Taxi at 205 and Maruman Restr at 215. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    425 Heatley Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Kimura, a gardener 1940
    • Misao Kimura 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Yuen at 417 and R Basso at 431. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    331 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • N Kimura 1940

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

  6. 6

    2627 McGill Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • K Kimura, a managing director at Canadian Salt Herring Exporters 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hendrickson at 2619 and T Maikawa at 2633. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    551 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Hideo Kimura, an attendant at Nippon Auto Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Natsuhara at 545 and S Isoshima at 555. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    567 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Kimura 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Nagata at 561. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1618 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Kimura (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: 8 listings at 1616 and N Omoto at 1622. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1649 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M Kimura, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Grindley T M Co at 1641 and Bombay Trading Co at 1657. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1883 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Kimura 1940
    • Helen Kimura 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Jordan at 1879 and Standard Brands Ltd at 1885. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 13: an apprentice, an attendant, a confectioner, a fisherman, a gardener and a managing director, among others. Two of them worked for Nippon Auto Supplies.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (7), Fairview (2), Hastings-Sunrise and Kitsilano. 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 Tomio Kimura at 409 Alexander Street, an apprentice at Nippon Auto Supplies. Y Kimura is listed at 1177 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 Yotaro Kimura there as the householder, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Riyo Kimura at 207 Gore Avenue, proprietor of the Gore Rooms.

In 1940 the directory lists S Kimura at 425 Heatley Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Shigezo Kimura there as the householder, a gardener, with Misao Kimura. The 1940 name section lists N Kimura at 331 Main Street.

K Kimura is listed at 2627 McGill Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Kishizo Kimura there as the householder, a managing director at Canadian Salt Herring Exporters. The 1940 name section lists Hideo Kimura at 551 Powell Street, an attendant at Nippon Auto Supplies.

In 1940 the directory lists Y Kimura at 567 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Yoshikazu Kimura there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Kimura (no first name printed) at 1618 West 2nd Avenue.

M Kimura, a confectioner, is listed at 1649 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Masajiro Kimura there, a confectioner. Mrs M Kimura is listed at 1883 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Masano Kimura there as the householder, with Helen Kimura.

Today

425 Heatley and 2627 McGill still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 409 Alexander, 1177 East Cordova, 207 Gore, 331 Main, 551 Powell, 567 Powell, 1618 West 2nd, 1649 West 2nd and 1883 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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

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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.