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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shibatas

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Shibata 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 Shibatas 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

    308 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • H Shibata 1940

    Next door in 1940: Y Saito at 306 and T Okano at 328. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    249 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Suteya Shibata 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Mizuhara at 245 and Mikado Taxi at 251. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    556 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C Shibata, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Ochiai at 550 and Farmers' Products Distrib at 558. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    934 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Shibata, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 926 and Y Hamakawa at 944. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1973 Whyte Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Molly Shibata, a maid for F C Tingley 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Lillie at 1961 and C Reveley at 1995. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a cook, a gardener and a maid.

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 H Shibata at 308 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hatsuzo Shibata there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Suteya Shibata at 249 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists C Shibata at 556 Powell Street, a cook.

In 1940 the directory lists R Shibata at 934 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Risabao Shibata there as the householder, a gardener. The 1940 name section lists Molly Shibata at 1973 Whyte Avenue, a maid for F C Tingley.

Today

556 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 308 East Cordova, 249 Powell, 934 West 6th and 1973 Whyte, 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.
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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.