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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nabatas

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Nabata at four 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 Nabatas 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

    58 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Nabata 1940
    • Masao Nabata, a helper for S Nabata 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Yokoyama at 56 and S Nabata at 60. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    60 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Nabata, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Nabata at 58. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    356 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Nabata, in shoes 1940
    • Iso Nabata, a shoe repairer for T Nabata 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hifumi Restr at 350 and T Ozaki at 358. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    152 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs T Nabata 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Hamm at 148 and Mikado Club at 154. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a helper and a shoe repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Mount Pleasant 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 S Nabata at 58 Powell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Masao Nabata there, a helper for S Nabata. In 1940 the directory lists S Nabata, a shoe repairer, at 60 Powell Street.

T Nabata, in shoes, is listed at 356 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Iso Nabata there, a shoe repairer for T Nabata. Mrs T Nabata is listed at 152 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs T Nabata there as the householder.

Today

58 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 60 Powell, 356 Powell and 152 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.