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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Saitos

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Saito at five 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 Saitos 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

    306 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Saito 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 304 and H Shibata at 308. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    722 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs J Saito 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Leong at 718 and A Moorcroft at 726. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    397 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs N Saito, a tailor 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Shiomi at 395 and Parks & McDonald Blk at 399. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1615 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Saito 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Tsuji at 1613 and P Decker at 1617. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1903 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs K Saito 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Sumi at 1907. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3), Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Saito at 306 East Cordova Street. Mrs J Saito is listed at 722 East Pender Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N Saito, a tailor, at 397 Powell Street. S Saito is listed at 1615 West 3rd Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs K Saito at 1903 West 4th Avenue.

Today

722 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 306 East Cordova (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 397 Powell, 1615 West 3rd and 1903 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Saitos

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.