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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Noses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Nose at eight 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 Noses 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

    372 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Seizo Nose, proprietor of Robson Alteration & Repair Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Iwata at 368 and T Nishimura at 378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    231 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Nose, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Matsumiya & Nose at 229 and G Nakayama at 235. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    439 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Nose 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Kajioka at 437 and J Iseki at 441. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    455 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Nose, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hori at 453 and S Nishihuta at 457. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2761 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • S Nose, a manager at Matsumiya & Nose 1940
    • Roy Nose, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Johnston at 2749 and F Poulsen at 2773. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    874 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Toshizo Nose, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Johnson W S & D Factory at 854 and D Singh at 884. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    954 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • K Nose, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Fielding at 946 and Yung Yung at 974. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1017 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • I Nose, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Milne at 1015 and S Nishimura at 1033. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a millworker (3), a manager and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4), Fairview (3) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Seizo Nose at 372 East Cordova Street, proprietor of Robson Alteration & Repair Shop. S Nose, rooms to let, is listed at 231 Powell Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists T Nose at 439 Powell Street. T Nose, a shoe repairer, is listed at 455 Powell Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists S Nose at 2761 Triumph Street; 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 Seihachi Nose there as the householder, a manager at Matsumiya & Nose, with Roy Nose, a student. The 1940 name section lists Toshizo Nose at 874 West 6th Avenue, a millworker.

K Nose is listed at 954 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kaoz Nose there as the householder, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists I Nose at 1017 West 7th Avenue, a millworker.

Today

2761 Triumph and 1017 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1017 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 874 West 6th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 372 East Cordova, 231 Powell, 439 Powell, 455 Powell and 954 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.