A family name on Bidwell Street, West End
The Cooks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Cook at two addresses in 1940, all on Bidwell Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 93 other streets too, all listed on the Cook name's own page.
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Where the Cooks lived
- 1
735 Bidwell Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs A M Cook, a dipper at Welch's 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Wylie at 773. The block, door by door
- 2
1145 Bidwell Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs A Cook, widow of E F 1940
Next door in 1940: H Oliver at 1121 and W T Wallace at 1147. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a dipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Cook at 735 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Alma M Cook there as the householder, a dipper at Welch's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Cook at 1145 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Cook there as the householder, widow of E F.
Today
The City no longer lists 1145 Bidwell, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 735 Bidwell, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cook Mrs A M735 Bidwell, p. 12
- Cook Mrs Alma M dipper Welch's735 Bidwell, p. 124
- Cook Mrs A1145 Bidwell, p. 13
- Cook Agnes wid E F1145 Bidwell, p. 124
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cooks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cook name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.