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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nishizawas

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Nishizawa at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Nishizawas 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

    208 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Nishizawa, an importer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Richmond Transf at 204. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1332 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • O Nishizawa, proprietor of Togo Confectionery 1940
    • Hina Nishizawa 1940

    Next door in 1940: J N Rixon at 1330 and Intl Harvester (whse) at 1340. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an importer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown 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 Nishizawa, an importer, at 208 Alexander Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sadejiro Nishizawa there, an importer. In 1940 the directory lists O Nishizawa at 1332 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section lists Otojorio Nishizawa there as the householder, proprietor of Togo Confectionery, with Hina Nishizawa.

Today

The City no longer lists 208 Alexander and 1332 Seymour, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Nishizawas

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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.