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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Omotos

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 14 people named Omoto at eleven addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Omotos at 819 Prior in 1940.

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Where the Omotos 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

    138 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Omoto, proprietor of Mikado Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ann Lending Lib Sally at 136 and P J Kalley at 140. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    442 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Omoto 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Ishiwara at 438 and Mrs K Nakamura at 446. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    245 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Yohei Omoto, proprietor of Showa Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kariya at 243 and Seishindo Co at 249. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    301 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kanzo Omoto, a salesman at Taishodo Drug Store 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Eishindo at 315. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1553 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S Omoto, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Shut-Ins Soc at 1549. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    819 Prior Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss K Omoto 1940
    • Kimie Omoto 1940
    • Shizue Omoto 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Ward at 823. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1622 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • N Omoto, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1618 and S Sakaguchi at 1632. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1652 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Y Omoto, a laborer 1940
    • Lloyd Omoto, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 1646 and H Nishimura at 1658. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1672 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs U Omoto, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D W Benson at 1666 and T Omoto at 1674. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1674 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Omoto, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs U Omoto at 1672 and S Sasaki at 1684. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    343 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Tashiro Omoto 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Singh at 335 and H Ohashi at 345. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 14: a millworker (2), a proprietor (2), a barber, a confectioner, a gardener and a laborer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), Strathcona (4), Mount Pleasant (2) 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 T Omoto at 138 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Tatsuya Omoto there as the householder, proprietor of Mikado Cleaners & Dyers. In 1940 the directory lists S Omoto at 442 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Yohei Omoto at 245 Powell Street, proprietor of Showa Taxi.

The 1940 name section lists Kanzo Omoto at 301 Powell Street, a salesman at Taishodo Drug Store. S Omoto, a confectioner, is listed at 1553 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Shohachi Omoto there, a confectioner.

Miss K Omoto is listed at 819 Prior Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kimie Omoto there as the householder, with Shizue Omoto. N Omoto is listed at 1622 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; 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 Nonosuke Omoto there as the householder, a gardener.

Y Omoto is listed at 1652 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Yutaro Omoto there as the householder, a laborer, with Lloyd Omoto, a millworker. Mrs U Omoto, a barber, is listed at 1672 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ume Omoto there, a barber.

T Omoto is listed at 1674 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Tokojiro Omoto there as the householder, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists Tashiro Omoto at 343 West 5th Avenue.

Today

819 Prior still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 245 Powell (1991), 301 Powell (1995) and 1553 Powell (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 138 East Broadway, 442 East Cordova, 1622 West 2nd, 1652 West 2nd, 1672 West 4th, 1674 West 4th and 343 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.