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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Uyedas

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Uyeda at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Uyedas at 2996 West 29th in 1940.

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Where the Uyedas lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    658 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Nobuichi Uyeda, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Heatley Mach Wks at 636 and Harrock Box Pioneer at 662. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2165 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs S Uyeda, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Amadatsu at 2163 and G B Northcott at 2167. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    226 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Uyeda 1940

    Next door in 1940: Anglo-Nippon Co at 218 and K Okura at 230. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3386 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T Uyeda, a millworker 1940
  5. 5

    2996 West 29th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • B Uyeda, proprietor of Yamato Silks Ltd 1940
    • Mariko Uyeda, a student 1940
    • Yutaka Uyeda, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: L B Toombs at 2986. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a barber, a millworker, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Dunbar-Southlands, 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nobuichi Uyeda at 658 Alexander Street, retired. Mrs S Uyeda, a barber, is listed at 2165 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Sami Uyeda there, a barber. The 1940 name section lists S Uyeda at 226 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists T Uyeda at 3386 Triumph Street. The 1940 name section lists Takeo Uyeda there as the householder, a millworker. In 1940 the directory lists B Uyeda at 2996 West 29th Avenue; 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 Bunjiro Uyeda there as the householder, proprietor of Yamato Silks Ltd, with Mariko Uyeda, a student, and Yutaka Uyeda, a salesman.

Today

658 Alexander and 2996 West 29th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2165 East Hastings, 226 Powell and 3386 Triumph, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Uyedas

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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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.