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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Miyazakis

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Miyazaki at six addresses in 1940 in four 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 Miyazakis 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

    193 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • M Miyazaki, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fraser Shoe Repair Co at 191 and Hospital Doll at 195. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    216 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Miyazaki, in poultry 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Kumamoto at 222. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    223 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Miyazaki 1940
    • Kikuye Miyazaki 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Shimo at 221 and Asahi Gar at 231. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    329 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • I Miyazaki, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Fukumura at 325 and T Nimi at 331. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2712 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M Miyazaki, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Ewart at 2706 and R C Hartson at 2722. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    154 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Koichiro Miyazaki, a principal at the Japanese School and an editor at the Continental Daily News 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs T Nabata at 152. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a physician and a principal.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 M Miyazaki, a physician, at 193 East Hastings Street. J Miyazaki, in poultry, is listed at 216 Gore Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists J Miyazaki at 223 Gore Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kikuye Miyazaki there.

In 1940 the directory lists I Miyazaki, in dry goods, at 329 Powell Street. M Miyazaki is listed at 2712 Triumph Street 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 Masagiro Miyazaki there as the householder, a physician. The 1940 name section lists Koichiro Miyazaki at 154 West 5th Avenue, a principal at the Japanese School and an editor at the Continental Daily News.

Today

2712 Triumph still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 329 Powell (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 193 East Hastings, 216 Gore, 223 Gore and 154 West 5th, so those buildings are 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

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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.