A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Oginos
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Ogino at two addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Oginos lived
- 1
442 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- T Ogino, a manager at Fuji Chop Suey House 1940
Next door in 1940: M Ishiwara at 438 and Mrs K Nakamura at 446. The block, door by door
- 2
333 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- George Ogino, a salesman at Maikawa Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: T Nimi at 331 and Ebisuzaki Co at 337. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a manager and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 T Ogino at 442 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Tajiro Ogino there as the householder, a manager at Fuji Chop Suey House. The 1940 name section lists George Ogino at 333 Powell Street, a salesman at Maikawa Ltd.
Today
The City no longer lists 442 East Cordova and 333 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ogino T442 East Cordova, p. 36
- Ogino Tajiro mgr Fuji Chop Suey Hse442 East Cordova, p. 468
- Ogino Geo slsmn Maikawa Ltd333 Powell, p. 468
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Oginos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ogino name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.