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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cockfields

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Cockfield 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 Cockfields lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5890 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • W E Cockfield, an officer in charge at the Geological Survey Branch Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: R L Pallen at 5870. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3050 Oak Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs C Cockfield, widow of H 1940
    • Lolita Cockfield, a class at the Sun 1940
  3. 3

    1135 West 26th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs J Cockfield, widow of W 1940
    • Joseph R Cockfield, a salesman at Barber-Ellis 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Cather at 1149. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a class, an officer in charge and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Oakridge and Shaughnessy. 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 W E Cockfield at 5890 Cartier 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William E Cockfield there as the householder, an officer in charge at the Geological Survey Branch Canadian Government. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Cockfield at 3050 Oak Street. The 1940 name section lists Cecilia Cockfield there as the householder, widow of H, with Lolita Cockfield, a class at the Sun.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Cockfield at 1135 West 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jemima Cockfield there as the householder, widow of W, with Joseph R Cockfield, a salesman at Barber-Ellis.

Today

3050 Oak still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 5890 Cartier (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1135 West 26th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Oak Street at Broadway, looking south past billboards and the Vallejo Court apartments
21 May 1929 Oak Street at Broadway, looking south past billboards and the Vallejo Court apartments. Not at the house at 3050 Oak: no archive photo of the 3000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 453-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Cockfields

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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.