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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nakagawas

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Nakagawa at four addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. 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 Nakagawas 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

    406 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Masaji Nakagawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Hiraga at 410. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    904 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs A Nakagawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: Murray's Photo Serv at 900 and Pure Foods Morell at 908. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    301 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kiyo Nakagawa, a salesman 1940
    • Kotaro Nakagawa, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Eishindo at 315. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    622 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kiku Nakagawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Tanaka at 620 and R Uyeno at 636. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a salesman (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Masaji Nakagawa at 406 Alexander Street. Mrs A Nakagawa is listed at 904 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Aiko Nakagawa there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Kiyo Nakagawa at 301 Powell Street, a salesman, with Kotaro Nakagawa, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Kiku Nakagawa at 622 Powell Street.

Today

301 Powell (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 406 Alexander, 904 East Hastings and 622 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Nakagawas

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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.