A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cawkers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Cawker at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Cawkers lived
- 1
35 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- I L Cawker, a delivery 1940
Next door in 1940: J H S McKenzie at 25 and Mrs E Moore at 45. The block, door by door
- 2
1876 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- Miss C A Cawker 1940
- Christina A Cawker, who worked for the CN Telegraphs 1940
Next door in 1940: C R Bennett at 1846 and ventura (the) at 1886. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a delivery.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 I L Cawker at 35 East 6th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ivor L Cawker there as the householder, with Ivor L Cawker Jr, a delivery. In 1940 the directory lists Miss C A Cawker at 1876 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Christina A Cawker there as the householder, who worked for the CN Telegraphs.
Today
1876 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 35 East 6th, 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.
- *Cawker I L35 East 6th, p. 186
- Cawker Ivor L35 East 6th, p. 103
- Cawker Ivor L Jr del35 East 6th, p. 103
- Cawker Miss C A1876 West Broadway, p. 18
- Cawker Christina A supvry aide CN Telegs1876 West Broadway, p. 103
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cawkers
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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.