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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cobbs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Cobb at three 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 Cobbs 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

    2481 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Hector M Cobb, a serviceman at Forst's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Snyder at 2473 and J Fraser at 2495. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2085 Ferndale Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G Cobb, a janitor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H McRae at 2075 and J Miller at 2095. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2621 Woodland Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A J Cobb, widow of G B 1940
    • Alex P Cobb, an engineer at Capilano Breweries 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an engineer, a janitor and a serviceman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Hector M Cobb at 2481 East 6th Avenue, a serviceman at Forst's. G Cobb is listed at 2085 Ferndale Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Cobb there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Electric Railway.

Mrs A J Cobb is listed at 2621 Woodland Drive 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 Annie J Cobb there as the householder, widow of G B, with Alex P Cobb, an engineer at Capilano Breweries.

Today

2621 Woodland Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2481 East 6th and 2085 Ferndale, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Cobbs

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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.