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The Yoshidas

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at ten addresses

The directories print 14 people named Yoshida at ten addresses in 1940 in seven 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: four Yoshidas at 1672 West 2nd in 1940.

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Where the Yoshidas 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

    2149 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Y Yoshida, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Wakabayashi at 2145. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3508 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T T Yoshida, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Fearnley at 3516. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    456 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Chujiro Yoshida, proprietor of the Orwell Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Nelson at 454 and A Lantz at 458. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    446 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Yoshida, a janitor 1940
    • Mrs Ysune Yoshida, proprietor of Vancouver Dress Makers 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Hamm at 434. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    245 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Yoshida, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kariya at 243 and Seishindo Co at 249. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    568 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Y Yoshida 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nishimura at 566 and Mrs A Igashira at 578. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3577 Tanner Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R Yoshida, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Okada at 3573. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1672 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • K Yoshida 1940
    • Chizuye Yoshida, a dressmaker 1940
    • Hideo Yoshida, a millworker 1940
    • Takeo Yoshida, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 1668 and “Orientals” at 1674. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    221 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Asatoro Yoshida, proprietor of Kewpie Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nelson Bottling Wks at 223. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1321 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Yoshida, proprietor of Felix Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Thompson at 1313. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eleven of the 14: a proprietor (4), a fisherman (2), a clerk, a dressmaker, a gardener and a janitor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3), Downtown (2), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Y Yoshida, a confectioner, at 2149 Commercial Drive. T T Yoshida is listed at 3508 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas T Yoshida there as the householder, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Chujiro Yoshida at 456 East Hastings Street, proprietor of the Orwell Rooms.

In 1940 the directory lists H Yoshida at 446 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Harukichi Yoshida there as the householder, a janitor, with Mrs Ysune Yoshida, proprietor of Vancouver Dress Makers. The 1940 name section lists T Yoshida at 245 Powell Street, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Y Yoshida at 568 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists R Yoshida at 3577 Tanner Street. The 1940 name section lists Ryuichi Yoshida there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists K Yoshida at 1672 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Kanjiro Yoshida there as the householder, with Chizuye Yoshida, a dressmaker, Hideo Yoshida, a millworker, and Takeo Yoshida, a gardener.

The 1940 name section lists Asatoro Yoshida at 221 West 5th Avenue, proprietor of Kewpie Cleaners & Dyers. The 1940 name section lists George Yoshida at 1321 West Pender Street, proprietor of Felix Confectionery.

Today

3508 East Georgia, 456 East Hastings and 568 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946; 2149 Commercial Drive (1980), 245 Powell (1991), 3577 Tanner (1976) and 1672 West 2nd (1958) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 446 Homer, 221 West 5th and 1321 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Yoshidas

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Yoshida 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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.