A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kumanos
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kumano at two addresses in 1940, all on Powell Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Kumanos lived
- 1
203 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- B Kumano, a chauffeur at Yama Taxi 1940
Next door in 1940: Y Ono at 201. The block, door by door
- 2
396 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- M Hary Kumano, a chauffeur at Yama Taxi 1940
Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a chauffeur (2). Two of them worked for Yama Taxi.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 B Kumano at 203 Powell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bobby Kumano there as the householder, a chauffeur at Yama Taxi. The 1940 name section lists M Hary Kumano at 396 Powell Street, a chauffeur at Yama Taxi.
Today
The City no longer lists 203 Powell and 396 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kumano B203 Powell, p. 134
- Kumano Bobby chauf Yama Taxi203 Powell, p. 331
- Kumano M Hary chauf Yama Taxi396 Powell, p. 331
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kumanos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kumano name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.