A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Cooks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Cook at two addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Cooks at 672 West 16th in 1940. 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
205 West 16th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs E Cook, widow of A H 1940
- Gwen Cook, a stenographer for Davidson Kelsberg 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Broderick at 209. The block, door by door
- 2
672 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- H H Cook, of Cook & Sons 1940
- Sam Cook, a helper at Cook & Sons 1940
- Sarah Cook, a stenographer at British Meat Packers 1940
Next door in 1940: A G Sparkes at 666 and G H Linfoot at 696. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a stenographer (2) and a helper. Two of them worked for Cook & Sons. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Riley Park. 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 E Cook at 205 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edith Cook there as the householder, widow of A H, with Gwen Cook, a stenographer for Davidson Kelsberg. In 1940 the directory lists H H Cook at 672 West 16th 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 Harry H Cook there as the householder, of Cook & Sons, with Sam Cook, a helper at Cook & Sons, and Sarah Cook, a stenographer at British Meat Packers.
Today
The City no longer lists 205 West 16th and 672 West 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cook Mrs E205 West 16th, p. 222
- Cook Edith wid A H205 West 16th, p. 124
- Cook Gwen sten Davidson Kelsberg205 West 16th, p. 124
- *Cook H H672 West 16th, p. 222
- Cook Harry H of Cook & Sons672 West 16th, p. 124
- Cook Sam hlpr Cook & Sons672 West 16th, p. 124
- Cook Sarah sten British Meat Pkrs672 West 16th, p. 124
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cooks
Every directory, as one book
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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.