Vancouver / Names / K / Kutsukake

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kutsukakes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Kutsukake at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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 Kutsukakes 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

    504 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kutsukake 1940
    • Eiko Kutsukake, an assistant for G A Ishiwara 1940

    Next door in 1940: West Coast Trading at 502 and R Hoshino at 508. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1324 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Y Kutsukake 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Hillier at 1318 and A R Federowski at 1350. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2558 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Kutsukake, a boomman at Sterling Lumber 1940
    • Mrs Hatsuyo Kutsukake, proprietor of Nanaimo Cleaners 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A R McInnes at 2556 and C P Johnstone at 2568. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an assistant, a boomman and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Strathcona. 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 Kutsukake at 504 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eiko Kutsukake there as the householder, an assistant for G A Ishiwara. In 1940 the directory lists Y Kutsukake at 1324 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Yoshio Kutsukake there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists H Kutsukake at 2558 Franklin Street; 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 Harry Kutsukake there as the householder, a boomman at Sterling Lumber, with Hiroshi Kutsukake, and Mrs Hatsuyo Kutsukake, proprietor of Nanaimo Cleaners.

Today

504 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1324 Franklin (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2558 Franklin, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Kutsukakes

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Kutsukake 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.