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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kumamotos

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Kumamoto 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 Kumamotos 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

    222 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Kumamoto 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Miyazaki at 216 and Miss P Cooper at 230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    733 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M Kumamoto, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 717 and U Iwasaki at 745. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    594 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Kumamoto, proprietor of Smile Cleaners & Pressers and Nabata Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wardrobe Cinderella at 590 and Richards Confectionery at 596. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a millworker and a proprietor.

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

In 1940 the directory lists S Kumamoto at 222 Gore Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sekijiro Kumamoto there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists M Kumamoto at 733 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Masaru Kumamoto there as the householder, a millworker.

In 1940 the directory lists J Kumamoto at 594 Richards Street. The 1940 name section lists Jun Kumamoto there as the householder, proprietor of Smile Cleaners & Pressers and Nabata Transfer.

Today

The City no longer lists 222 Gore, 733 Powell and 594 Richards, 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, street section

The book of the Kumamotos

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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.