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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nishikawas

In the city directories 1940 · 20 people at 15 addresses

The directories print 20 people named Nishikawa at 15 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. The most under one roof: three Nishikawas at 601 West Broadway in 1940.

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Where the Nishikawas 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

    578 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Nishikawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Suzuki at 526. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    772 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K Nishikawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B L Massey at 768 and T Murikami at 776. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    575 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Tsunejiro T Nishikawa, proprietor of the Star Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Hosang at 563 and Workers Dramatic Club at 577. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    341 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • U Nishikawa, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ebisuzaki Co at 337 and S Uchida at 347. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    758 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Nishikawa (no first name printed) 1940
    • Nishikawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sam Kee Lndy at 746 and Ocean View Rooms at 760. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    325 West 4th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • S Nishikawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 315. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    35 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • S Nishikawa, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W Watson at 25 and H Maruno at 45. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    332 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • K Nishikawa, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs T Kondo at 320 and “Cabins” at 334. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    334 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • S Nishikawa, a millworker 1940
    • Talo Nishikawa, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Nishikawa at 332. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    834 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Nishikawa, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Johnson W S & D Factory at 854. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1554 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Nishikawa, proprietor of Mayfair Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Shupe at 1530 and N Innokoff at 1558. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    833 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Nishikawa, a sawyer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Mori at 835. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    838 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Y Nishikawa, a millworker 1940
    • Maso Nishikawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Schus at 816. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    835 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Nishikawa, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Tripp at 825 and W E Gardner at 845. The block, door by door

  15. 15

    601 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Nishikawa, a confectioner 1940
    • Mrs S Nishikawa, a confectioner 1940
    • Kinuko Nishikawa 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for twelve of the 20: a millworker (7), a proprietor (2), a confectioner, a master mariner and a sawyer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (6), Strathcona (5) and Mount Pleasant (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 S Nishikawa at 578 Alexander Street. K Nishikawa is listed at 772 East Cordova Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Tsunejiro T Nishikawa at 575 East Pender Street, proprietor of the Star Rooms.

U Nishikawa is listed at 341 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Usaburo Nishikawa there as the householder, a master mariner. Nishikawa (no first name printed) is listed at 758 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Nishikawa there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists S Nishikawa at 325 West 4th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists S Nishikawa at 35 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Setairo Nishikawa there as the householder, a millworker.

In 1940 the directory lists K Nishikawa at 332 West 5th Avenue; 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 Kotaro Nishikawa there as the householder, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists S Nishikawa at 334 West 5th Avenue, a millworker, with Talo Nishikawa, a millworker.

S Nishikawa is listed at 834 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists S Nishikawa there as the householder, a millworker. S Nishikawa is listed at 1554 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sahei Nishikawa there as the householder, proprietor of Mayfair Confectionery.

T Nishikawa is listed at 833 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Tomigiro Nishikawa there as the householder, a sawyer. Y Nishikawa is listed at 838 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Yohichi Nishikawa there as the householder, a millworker, with Maso Nishikawa.

S Nishikawa is listed at 835 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Shingiro Nishikawa there as the householder, a millworker.

Mrs S Nishikawa, a confectioner, is listed at 601 West Broadway in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is S Nishikawa. The 1940 name section lists Shozo Nishikawa there as the householder, a millworker, with Shoichiro Nishikawa, a laborer, Shozo Nishikawa, a confectioner, and Kinuko Nishikawa.

Today

575 East Pender and 341 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946; 325 West 4th (1955), 35 West 5th (2003), 838 West 7th (1978) and 601 West Broadway (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 578 Alexander, 772 East Cordova, 758 Powell, 332 West 5th, 334 West 5th, 834 West 6th, 1554 West 6th, 833 West 7th and 835 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 31 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

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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.