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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Yamamuras

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Yamamura at seven addresses in 1940 in three 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 Yamamuras 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

    776 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Roy Yamamura, an insurance agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Nishikawa at 772 and Mrs B Ireland at 780. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    310 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M Yamamura, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: de Paul Salvage Bureau St Vincent at 306 and Lanning Pool Hall at 314. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    396 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Yamamura, in insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2528 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • B T Yamamura, a bell boy 1940
    • Togo Yamamura, a maid 1940

    Next door in 1940: R L Robertson at 2524 and W F McCarthy at 2536. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1529 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Y Yamamura, a gardener 1940
    • Montaro Yamamura, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Budd's Ctge & Contg at 1523 and T Tsuji at 1533. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1541 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M Yamamura, of Terminal Woodyd 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Hopkinson at 1529. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1589 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • K Yamamura, a millworker 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a bell boy, a gardener, an insurance agent, a maid and a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Strathcona (3) and Kitsilano. 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 Roy Yamamura at 776 East Cordova Street, an insurance agent. M Yamamura, a jeweller, is listed at 310 Main Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists R Yamamura, in insurance, at 396 Powell Street.

B T Yamamura is listed at 2528 Waterloo 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 Beaver T Yamamura there as the householder, a bell boy, with Togo Yamamura, a maid. Y Yamamura is listed at 1529 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Yoshio Yamamura there as the householder, a gardener, with Montaro Yamamura, retired.

M Yamamura is listed at 1541 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Masaki Yamamura there as the householder, of Terminal Woodyd. K Yamamura is listed at 1589 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kenji Yamamura there as the householder, a millworker.

Today

2528 Waterloo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 776 East Cordova, 310 Main, 396 Powell, 1529 West 3rd, 1541 West 6th and 1589 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Yamamuras

Every directory, as one book

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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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.