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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shimizus

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Shimizu 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. The most under one roof: three Shimizus at 1006 Seymour in 1940.

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Where the Shimizus 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

    137 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Seitaro Shimizu, proprietor of the Fulton Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Great West Elec & Radio at 135 and Carrie's Dress Shop at 139. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    232 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kamikiti Shimizu, proprietor of Hinoday Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Okura at 230 and Star Rooms at 234. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    500 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Rev K Shimizu, a pastor at the Japanese United Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 522. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1006 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • K Shimizu 1940
    • Mrs Suzu Shimizu, proprietor of Pacific Cleaners 1940
    • T Shimizu, a millworker at Powell Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: California Gro at 1002 and J Iaci at 1008. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    315 West 4th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J M Shimizu 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Sugie at 309 and “Cabins” at 325. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a proprietor (3), a millworker and a pastor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Strathcona (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Seitaro Shimizu at 137 East Hastings Street, proprietor of the Fulton Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Kamikiti Shimizu at 232 Powell Street, proprietor of Hinoday Cafe. In 1940 the directory lists Rev K Shimizu at 500 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Rev Kozabur Shimizu there as the householder, a pastor at the Japanese United Church.

In 1940 the directory lists K Shimizu at 1006 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section lists Kichiji Shimizu there as the householder, with Mrs Suzu Shimizu, proprietor of Pacific Cleaners, and T Shimizu, a millworker at Powell Lumber. The 1940 name section lists J M Shimizu at 315 West 4th Avenue.

Today

137 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1906 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 232 Powell, 500 Powell, 1006 Seymour and 315 West 4th, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Shimizus

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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.