A family name on Harwood 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 Harwood 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Cooks lived
- 1
1285 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Ella M Cook, widow of C D 1940
Next door in 1940: eastwood place at 1245. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
Two are widows, listed under their own names.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ella M Cook at 1285 Harwood Street, widow of C D. Mrs M Cook is listed at 1565 Harwood Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary Cook there as the householder, widow of S Y.
Today
1565 Harwood still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1285 Harwood (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cook Ella M wid C D1285 Harwood, p. 124
- Cook Mrs M1565 Harwood, p. 73
- Cook Mary wid S Y slswm Georgia Hat Shop1565 Harwood, p. 124
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.