A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Miyakes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Miyake 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 Miyakes lived
- 1
504 Cassiar Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E Miyake, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: C Isaacson at 526. The block, door by door
- 2
853 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R Miyake, a clerk at the Canadian Japanese Association 1940
Next door in 1940: L Konich at 843 and N Hamaguchi at 855. The block, door by door
- 3
193 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- E Miyake, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: Fraser Shoe Repair Co at 191 and Hospital Doll at 195. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a dentist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, 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 E Miyake at 504 Cassiar 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Eiju Miyake there as the householder, a dentist. In 1940 the directory lists R Miyake at 853 East Cordova Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Riokichi Miyake there as the householder, a clerk at the Canadian Japanese Association.
In 1940 the directory lists E Miyake, a dentist, at 193 East Hastings Street.
Today
504 Cassiar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 853 East Cordova and 193 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Miyake E504 Cassiar, p. 28
- Miyake Eiju dentist 208, 193 E Hastings504 Cassiar, p. 435
- *Miyake R853 East Cordova, p. 36
- Miyake Riokichi clk Can Japanese Assn853 East Cordova, p. 435
- Miyake E dentist193 East Hastings, p. 74
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Miyakes
Every directory, as one book
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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.