A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Coopers
In the city directories 1940 · 113 addresses on 84 streets
The directories print the Cooper name at 113 addresses on 84 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 Coopers lived
- West End24 addresses
- Fairview11 addresses
- Downtown10 addresses
- Kitsilano8 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Mount Pleasant6 addresses
- Strathcona6 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
- Sunset4 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Robson StreetSeven addresses in Downtown and West End; seven people: P Cooper, Allen G Cooper, Charles F Cooper and four more1940
- 2Bute StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: A E Cooper, Grace Cooper and Miss G Cooper1940
- 3Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; seven people: J H Cooper, E M Louise Cooper, Ernest C Cooper and four more1940
- 4West 1st AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; four people: J Cooper, W W Cooper, Clara Cooper and one more1940
- 5West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: Mrs C A Cooper, Mrs R Cooper, Roy Cooper and one more1940
- 6Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Oakridge; two people: Arthur J O Cooper and Robert Cooper1940
- 7Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: A C Cooper and George Cooper1940
- 8Main StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Mount Pleasant; two people: W F Cooper and Sid G Cooper1940
- 9Melville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Constance M Cooper, Grace Cooper and Miss C M Cooper1940
- 10Pacific StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: G W Cooper, Eileen R Cooper, Isabel Cooper and one more1940
- 11Pandora StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: A Cooper, F Cooper, Clarence D Cooper and one more1940
- 12Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Bernard Cooper and Gladys M Cooper1940
72 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Arbutus Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Berkeley Street (1), Clark Drive (1), Collingwood Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elm Street (1), Gore Avenue (1), Hamilton Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Laurel Street (1), Lillooet Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), North Garden Drive (1), Ontario Street (1), Powell Street (2), Price Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Prior Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Spencer Street (1), Triumph Street (2), Walden Street (1), Wales Street (2), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (2), West 22nd Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 113 addresses, 39 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 24 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 49; each street's page names them.
The book of the Coopers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cooper 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 (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.