A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Nomuras
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Nomura 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 Nomuras lived
- 1
3156 East 22nd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- H M Nomura, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: S Carr at 3144 and R Mercer at 3184. The block, door by door
- 2
809 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- S Nomura 1940
- Frank Nomura, an elevator operator 1940
Next door in 1940: D Knesevich at 811. The block, door by door
- 3
561 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- S Nomura, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: P Veen at 551. The block, door by door
- 4
510 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- H M Nomura, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: Can Bk of Commerce at 508 and Ziegler's Coffee Shop at 512. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a dentist, an elevator operator and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 H M Nomura at 3156 East 22nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry M Nomura there as the householder, a dentist. In 1940 the directory lists S Nomura at 809 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Nomura there as the householder, an elevator operator.
The 1940 name section lists S Nomura at 561 East Hastings Street, a warehouseman. H M Nomura, a dentist, is listed at 510 West Hastings Street in 1940.
Today
3156 East 22nd, 561 East Hastings and 510 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 809 East Cordova, so that building is 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.
- *Nomura H M3156 East 22nd, p. 235
- Nomura Henry M dentist 406, 510 W Hastings3156 East 22nd, p. 462
- Nomura S809 East Cordova, p. 36
- Nomura Frank elev opr809 East Cordova, p. 462
- Nomura S whsmn561 East Hastings, p. 462
- Nomura H M dentist510 West Hastings, p. 78
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Nomuras
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.