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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Taniguchis

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Taniguchi at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Taniguichi. 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 Taniguchis at 2028 Wall in 1940.

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Where the Taniguchis 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

    620 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Juzaburo Taniguchi, proprietor of Yama Cleaners 1940

    Next door in 1940: Barbers Elite at 618 and D C MacLure at 636. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    701 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Taniguchi 1940
    • Taniguchi (no first name printed), a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Yatsukado at 703. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    519 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs T Taniguichi 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P Nye at 503 and T Isogai at 523. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2028 Wall Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • K Taniguchi, retired 1940
    • Minoru Taniguchi, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
    • Satoru Taniguchi, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Knowlan at 2054. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a millworker (2), a proprietor and a salesman. Two of them worked for Sterling Lumber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Juzaburo Taniguchi at 620 Davie Street, proprietor of Yama Cleaners. Taniguchi is listed at 701 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Taniguchi (no first name printed) there as the householder, a salesman.

Mrs T Taniguichi is listed at 519 Powell Street in 1940; 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 Mrs Toki Taniguichi there. K Taniguchi is listed at 2028 Wall Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Kizo Taniguchi there as the householder, retired, with Minoru Taniguchi, a millworker at Sterling Lumber, and Satoru Taniguchi, a millworker at Sterling Lumber.

Today

701 East Hastings (1970) and 2028 Wall (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 620 Davie and 519 Powell, 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 Taniguchis

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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.