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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cockrills

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Cockrill at six 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 Cockrills 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

    630 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John Cockrill 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Davidson at 624 and J F Poole at 642. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    33 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • E G Cockrill, an agent at Prudential Insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Briggs at 25 and A J Harris at 39. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    337 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • William E Cockrill, a packer at H M Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pony Exp Co Ltd (gar) at 319 and Miss G MacDonald at 339. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6272 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • T H Cockrill, proprietor of Avenue Decorators 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Goode at 6262 and Fraser Thea at 6294. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Cockriell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    609 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Cockerell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Magic Barber Shop at 607 and B C Office Equip Co at 611. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an agent, a packer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and Sunset (2). 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 John Cockrill at 630 East 10th Avenue. E G Cockrill is listed at 33 East 47th Avenue 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 Edward G Cockrill there as the householder, an agent at Prudential Insurance. The 1940 name section lists William E Cockrill at 337 East 7th Avenue, a packer at H M Shingle.

In 1940 the directory lists T H Cockrill at 6272 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Cockrill there as the householder, proprietor of Avenue Decorators. The 1940 name section lists J Cockriell at 1060 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists William Cockerell at 609 West Pender Street, retired.

Today

630 East 10th and 1060 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 33 East 47th (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 337 East 7th, 6272 Fraser and 609 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.