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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Koyamas

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Koyama at five 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 Koyamas 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

    121 Heatley Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Jack Koyama 1940
    • Jim Koyama 1940
  2. 2

    519 Kaslo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs R Koyama 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Edwards at 525. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    439 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Koyama, a fish buyer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Kajioka at 437 and J Iseki at 441. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4325 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • K Koyama, a tailor for Mrs F G Koyama 1940
    • Mrs F G Koyama, a cleaner and tailor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C A Clark at 4315 and W D Murray at 4327. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1017 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Gisaburo Koyama 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Milne at 1015 and S Nishimura at 1033. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a cleaner and tailor, a fish buyer and a tailor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise and West Point Grey. 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 Jack Koyama at 121 Heatley Avenue, with Jim Koyama. Mrs R Koyama is listed at 519 Kaslo 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 Mrs Rosie Koyama there as the householder.

S Koyama is listed at 439 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists S Koyama there as the householder, a fish buyer, with S Koyama.

Mrs F G Koyama, in cleaners, is listed at 4325 West 10th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is K Koyama. The 1940 name section lists Kanagashira Koyama there as the householder, a tailor for Mrs F G Koyama, with Mrs F Grace Koyama, a cleaner and tailor. The 1940 name section lists Gisaburo Koyama at 1017 West 7th Avenue.

Today

519 Kaslo and 1017 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1017 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 121 Heatley (1971) and 4325 West 10th (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 439 Powell, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Koyamas

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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.