A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Oikawas
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Oikawa at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Okawa. 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 Oikawas lived
- 1
222 Clark Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- N Oikawa, a boomman 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Townsend at 228. The block, door by door
- 2
322 Heatley Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- Keigo Oikawa, a laborer at Powell Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Soga at 320 and T Wakayama at 324. The block, door by door
- 3
733 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- K Oikawa, a laborer at Powell Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 717 and U Iwasaki at 745. The block, door by door
- 4
528 Princess Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- N Okawa, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: C W Cook at 526 and S Uyematsu at 530. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer (2), a boomman and a fisherman. Two of them worked for Powell Lumber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 N Oikawa at 222 Clark Drive; 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 Noato Oikawa there as the householder, a boomman. The 1940 name section lists Keigo Oikawa at 322 Heatley Avenue, a laborer at Powell Lumber.
K Oikawa is listed at 733 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Katsushi Oikawa there as the householder, a laborer at Powell Lumber. N Okawa is listed at 528 Princess Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Nuinosuke Okawa there as the householder, a fisherman.
Today
The City no longer lists 222 Clark Drive, 322 Heatley, 733 Powell and 528 Princess, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Oikawa N222 Clark Drive, p. 31
- Oikawa Noato boomn222 Clark Drive, p. 469
- Oikawa Keigo lab Powell Lbr322 Heatley, p. 469
- Oikawa K733 Powell, p. 135
- Oikawa Katsushi lab Powell Lbr733 Powell, p. 469
- Okawa N528 Princess, p. 137
- Okawa Nuinosuke fshrmn528 Princess, p. 469
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Oikawas
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Oikawa 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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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.