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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Taharas

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Tahara at three 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 Taharas 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

    629 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Tahara (no first name printed) 1940
    • Mrs Mikiye Tahara, proprietor of Paree Dressmakers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Watanabe at 627 and I Aaki at 633. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    291 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Hiroyoshi Tahara, a student 1940
    • Kaichi Tahara, proprietor of the Arno Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Misumi at 293. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    325 West 4th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Kunimi Tahara, proprietor of Rapid Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 315. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a proprietor (3).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in 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

In 1940 the directory lists Tahara (no first name printed) at 629 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Mikiye Tahara there, proprietor of Paree Dressmakers. The 1940 name section lists Hiroyoshi Tahara at 291 East Georgia Street, a student, with Kaichi Tahara, proprietor of the Arno Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Kunimi Tahara at 325 West 4th Avenue, proprietor of Rapid Cleaners & Dyers.

Today

291 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 325 West 4th (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 629 East Cordova, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.