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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sugiyamas

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Sugiyama at four 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 Sugiyamas 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

    418 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Sugiyama, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 414 and K Kawamoto at 422. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    268 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Sugiyama, proprietor of Amano Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Takemoto at 266 and Mrs R Nakamura at 270. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    317 Semlin Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Y Sugiyama, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Tamburino at 323. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2704 Trinity Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • I Sugiyama, a manager at Burrard Fish 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V Carroll at 2712. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a driver, a gardener, a manager and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 T Sugiyama at 418 Alexander Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Tsunekichi Sugiyama there as the householder, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists S Sugiyama at 268 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Shinkichi Sugiyama there as the householder, proprietor of Amano Transfer.

In 1940 the directory lists Y Sugiyama at 317 Semlin Drive. The 1940 name section lists Yasutaro Sugiyama there as the householder, a gardener. In 1940 the directory lists I Sugiyama at 2704 Trinity Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Iwakichi Sugiyama there as the householder, a manager at Burrard Fish.

Today

418 Alexander (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 268 Powell, 317 Semlin Drive and 2704 Trinity, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.