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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cookes

In the city directories 1940 · 51 addresses on 47 streets

The directories print the Cooke name at 51 addresses on 47 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Cookes lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano5 addresses
  2. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  3. West End5 addresses
  4. West Point Grey4 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  6. Fairview3 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  8. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  9. Riley Park3 addresses
  10. Strathcona3 addresses
  11. Downtown2 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  13. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  14. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  17. Kerrisdale1 address
  18. Killarney1 address
  19. Marpole1 address
  20. Sunset1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: Mrs B L Cooke and David Cooke
    1940
  2. 2
    Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Mrs E Cooke and Henry Cooke
    1940
  3. 3
    Vine StreetTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale; three people: C Cooke, G R Cooke and B Hope Cooke
    1940
  4. 4
    West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in West Point Grey; two people: Dr E H Cooke and Mrs S T Cooke
    1940
  5. 5
    Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: John B Cooke
    1940
  6. 6
    Austrey AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: H J Cooke
    1940
  7. 7
    Clarendon StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: A A Cooke, Ivy B Cooke and Lillian Cooke
    1940
  8. 8
    Comox StreetOne address in West End; one person: William Cooke
    1940
  9. 9
    Cypress StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: Mrs C M Cooke
    1940
  10. 10
    Denman StreetOne address in West End; one person: R H Cooke
    1940
  11. 11
    Dundas StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: E J Cooke and Ernest A Cooke
    1940
  12. 12
    East 11th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: J R Cooke
    1940

35 more streets, by name: East 12th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Eton Street (1), Granville Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kingsway (1), Lincoln Street (1), Main Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Prior Street (1), Richards Street (1), Union Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 51 addresses, 13 still have their buildings from before 1946, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.

The book of the Cookes

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under C. Want a name removed? Tell us.