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The Yamashitas

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Yamashita at eight 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 Yamashitas 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

    249 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Tsuneto Yamashita, proprietor of the Central Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Georgia Lndy at 245 and Coast Growers Prod Co at 251. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    804 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Masao Yamashita 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Murakubo at 802 and North Star Inn at 814. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    219 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Yamashita, proprietor of Yama Radio and Yama Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maruman Restr at 215 and C Shimo at 221. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    439 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Yamashita 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Kajioka at 437 and J Iseki at 441. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    566 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Yamashita, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Farmers' Products Distrib at 558 and G Naruse at 568. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    733 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K Yamashita, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 717 and U Iwasaki at 745. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1166 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Yamashita, proprietor of Fish Market Boulevard 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Miller at 1162 and Okina at 1170. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3014 Wall Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T Yamashita, a laborer 1940
    • Shizaye Yamashita, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Humprey at 3010. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a proprietor (3), a carpenter, a fisherman, a laborer and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (7) 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 Tsuneto Yamashita at 249 East Georgia Street, proprietor of the Central Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Masao Yamashita at 804 East Hastings Street. In 1940 the directory lists S Yamashita at 219 Gore Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Shintaro Yamashita there as the householder, proprietor of Yama Radio and Yama Taxi.

In 1940 the directory lists R Yamashita at 439 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Ryo Yamashita there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists T Yamashita at 566 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Tsuneyoshi Yamashita there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists K Yamashita at 733 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Kogiro Yamashita there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists Y Yamashita at 1166 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Yoshitoro Yamashita there as the householder, proprietor of Fish Market Boulevard.

In 1940 the directory lists T Yamashita at 3014 Wall 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 lists Tsunchei Yamashita there as the householder, a laborer, with Shizaye Yamashita, a stenographer.

Today

249 East Georgia and 566 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 804 East Hastings, 219 Gore, 439 Powell, 733 Powell, 1166 Powell and 3014 Wall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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 Yamashitas

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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.