A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Uyesugis
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Uyesugi at four 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 Uyesugis lived
- 1
3390 East Hastings Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- K Uyesugi, a president at Cartwright Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: F L Ford at 3380. The block, door by door
- 2
235 Main Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Suyko Uyesugi, proprietor of the New Zealand Rooms 1940
Next door in 1940: Pool Room Lion at 233 and Empress Rooms at 237. The block, door by door
- 3
106 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Waki Uyesugi, proprietor of the Abbott Confectionery and Central Rooms 1940
Next door in 1940: Brown Bros & Co at 104 and Dale's Roast Chickens at 108. The block, door by door
- 4
890 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- M Uyesugi, a confectioner 1940
Next door in 1940: Lions Gate Cafe at 844. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a proprietor (2) and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3) 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 K Uyesugi at 3390 East Hastings 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Komakichi Uyesugi there as the householder, a president at Cartwright Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Suyko Uyesugi at 235 Main Street, proprietor of the New Zealand Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Waki Uyesugi at 106 West Hastings Street, proprietor of the Abbott Confectionery and Central Rooms.
In 1940 the directory lists M Uyesugi, a confectioner, at 890 West Pender Street.
Today
235 Main and 106 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 106 West Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 890 West Pender (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3390 East Hastings, 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.
- *Uyesugi K3390 East Hastings, p. 76
- Uyesugi Komakichi pres Cartwright Lbr3390 East Hastings, p. 626
- Uyesugi Mrs Suyko prop New Zealand Rooms235 Main, p. 626
- Uyesugi Mrs Waki prop Abbott Conf and Central Rooms106 West Hastings, p. 626
- Uyesugi M confr890 West Pender, p. 131
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Uyesugis
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Uyesugi 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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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.