A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Cooks
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Cook at three addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
12 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss E Cook 1940
- Eva Cook, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door
- 2
3916 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- D E Cook, a shipwright at Boeings 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Cook at 3922. The block, door by door
- 3
3922 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- E J Cook, a bookkeeper at Independent Biscuit 1940
Next door in 1940: D E Cook at 3916 and Mrs K Robinson at 3928. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a bookkeeper, a school teacher and a shipwright.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss E Cook at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eva Cook there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists D E Cook at 3916 West 10th Avenue; 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 David E Cook there as the householder, a shipwright at Boeings.
In 1940 the directory lists E J Cook at 3922 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward J Cook there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Independent Biscuit.
Today
12 West 10th, 3916 West 10th and 3922 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 12 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cook Miss E12 West 10th, p. 198
- Cook Eva sch tchr Van City12 West 10th, p. 124
- *Cook D E3916 West 10th, p. 201
- Cook David E shpwrt Boeings3916 West 10th, p. 124
- *Cook E J3922 West 10th, p. 201
- Cook Edw J bkpr Independent Biscuit3922 West 10th, 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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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.