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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sawadas

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Sawada at five addresses in 1940 in two 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 Sawadas 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

    205 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • K Sawada, proprietor of the Winters Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Belmont Clnrs & Dyers at 201 and Bert's Cafe at 207. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    344 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K Sawada, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Imai at 340 and S Jikemura at 346. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    332 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Sawada, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Theatre at 330 and Fred's Barber Shop at 334. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    122 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • K Sawada, a cleaner at the CPR 1940
    • Mrs U Sawada, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pilkington Bros at 102 and Hampton Rooms at 126. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    396 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Toyosaku Sawada, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a barber, a carpenter, a cleaner, a jeweller and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Downtown (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 K Sawada at 205 Abbott Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kaichiro Sawada there as the householder, proprietor of the Winters Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists K Sawada at 344 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section lists Kokitchi Sawada there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists T Sawada, a jeweller, at 332 Main Street. Mrs U Sawada, a barber, is listed at 122 Powell Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is K Sawada. The 1940 name section lists Kazuhei Sawada there as the householder, a cleaner at the CPR, with Mrs Ume Sawada, a barber.

The 1940 name section lists Toyosaku Sawada at 396 Powell Street, a jeweller.

Today

122 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 205 Abbott, 344 East Cordova, 332 Main and 396 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Sawadas

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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.