A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tsuyukis
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Tsuyuki at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Tsuyukis lived
- 1
336 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- K Tsuyuki, proprietor of Shinkosha 1940
Next door in 1940: K Iwana at 334 and K Horita at 338. The block, door by door
- 2
2352 West 4th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- M Tsuyuki, proprietor of Reliable Cleaners & Dressmakers 1940
Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Gloria at 2350 and Miss V Papp at 2354. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a proprietor (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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
In 1940 the directory lists K Tsuyuki at 336 East Cordova Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kaizo Tsuyuki there as the householder, proprietor of Shinkosha. In 1940 the directory lists M Tsuyuki at 2352 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Masao Tsuyuki there as the householder, proprietor of Reliable Cleaners & Dressmakers.
Today
The City no longer lists 336 East Cordova, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 2352 West 4th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tsuyuki K336 East Cordova, p. 36
- Tsuyuki Kaizo prop Shinkosha336 East Cordova, p. 620
- Tsuyuki M2352 West 4th, p. 182
- Tsuyuki Masao prop Reliable Clnrs & Drsmkrs2352 West 4th, p. 620
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tsuyukis
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Tsuyuki 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.
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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.