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The Coes

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Coe at ten addresses in 1940 in eight 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 Coes 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

    1040 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frances Coe, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Webber at 1034 and A Flett at 1048. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1542 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H J Coe, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Bell at 1536 and J Ryan at 1550. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1071 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • William N Coe, a presser 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Brooks at 1077. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    705 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F J Coe, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Wilcox at 701 and CCF Club at 707. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    177 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Louis Coe, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Johnson at 175 and Pool Room Hastings at 179. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    138 East King Edward Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E Coe, widow of J J 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Leech at 132 and J Grimway at 144. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3290 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P Coe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E R Young at 3288 and Sun Shoe Repr at 3294. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1938 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • K S Coe, an orderly at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940
    • Marguerite Coe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Kinnunen at 1928. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3573 Welwyn Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs Jessie A Coe 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Scott at 3561 and Miss M Z Bryant at 3585. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1504 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C G Coe, a driver at Nelson's Laundries 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A G Bell at 1508. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: a driver, a longshoreman, an orderly, a presser and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Riley Park (2), Downtown, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Sunset and West End. 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 Frances Coe at 1040 Denman Street, a saleswoman at Woodward's. H J Coe is listed at 1542 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert J Coe there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists William N Coe at 1071 East 50th Avenue, a presser.

In 1940 the directory lists F J Coe at 705 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Frederick J Coe there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Louis Coe at 177 East Hastings Street, retired.

Mrs E Coe is listed at 138 East King Edward 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 Eva Coe there as the householder, widow of J J. P Coe is listed at 3290 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Philip Coe there as the householder.

K S Coe is listed at 1938 Venables Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists King S Coe there as the householder, an orderly at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government, with Marguerite Coe. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jessie A Coe at 3573 Welwyn Street.

In 1940 the directory lists C G Coe at 1504 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Clif G Coe there as the householder, a driver at Nelson's Laundries.

Today

1542 East 1st, 177 East Hastings, 1938 Venables and 1504 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1071 East 50th (1993), 138 East King Edward (2018) and 3573 Welwyn (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1040 Denman, 705 East Broadway and 3290 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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 Coes

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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.