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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Onos

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Ono at six 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.

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Where the Onos 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

    201 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Ono, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Kumano at 203. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1373 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T Ono, a steward 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hodson at 1353 and F Tierney at 1375. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    434 West 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Yoshijiro Ono 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 432. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2481 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Y Ono, proprietor of Sunshine Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Thompson at 2479 and B K Stores at 2489. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    221 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H Ono, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nelson Bottling Wks at 223. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    75 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs T Ono, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Izen at 73 and Atlantic Cafe at 79. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a grocer, a proprietor and a steward.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Arbutus Ridge and Strathcona. 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 Y Ono, a confectioner, at 201 Powell Street. T Ono is listed at 1373 Richards Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Tuynezo Ono there as the householder, a steward. The 1940 name section lists Yoshijiro Ono at 434 West 2nd Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists Y Ono at 2481 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Yoshikazu Ono there as the householder, proprietor of Sunshine Cleaners & Dyers. In 1940 the directory lists H Ono, a grocer, at 221 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists H Ono there, a grocer.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs T Ono, a barber, at 75 West Cordova Street.

Today

The City no longer lists 201 Powell, 1373 Richards, 434 West 2nd, 2481 West 41st, 221 West 5th and 75 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.