Vancouver / Names / S / Shiraishi

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shiraishis

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Shiraishi at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Shirashi. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Shiraishis 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

    1149 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kazuichi Shiraishi, a president at Pacific Sea Products Exporters 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Zoric at 1137 and J Garneau at 1151. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    145 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • K Shirashi, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hayashi at 141 and G Randall at 149. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    977 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • I Shiraishi 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Fujii at 973 and “Cabins” at 983. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a gardener and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kazuichi Shiraishi at 1149 Keefer Street, a president at Pacific Sea Products Exporters. K Shirashi is listed at 145 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kichitaro Shirashi there as the householder, a gardener. I Shiraishi is listed at 977 West 7th Avenue in 1940.

Today

1149 Keefer still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 145 West 5th and 977 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Shiraishis

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Shiraishi name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.