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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Makinos

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Makino 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.

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Where the Makinos 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

    420 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • I Makino, a peddler 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Togawa at 416 and Ch of the Holy Cross at 430. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    110 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Katsuzi Makino, proprietor of the Butler Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Whitaker at 108 and Acme Plmbg & Htg at 114. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1182 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • U Makino 1940

    Next door in 1940: M D MacLaurin at 1164. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview 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 I Makino at 420 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ishio Makino there as the householder, a peddler. The 1940 name section lists Katsuzi Makino at 110 Water Street, proprietor of the Butler Rooms.

U Makino is listed at 1182 West 7th Avenue 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 Unosuke Makino there as the householder.

Today

110 Water still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 420 East Cordova (1982) and 1182 West 7th (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.