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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

The Coopers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Cooper at three addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Coopers at 1225 Nelson in 1940. The directories print the name on 83 other streets too, all listed on the Cooper name's own page.

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Where the Coopers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1225 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss F A Cooper 1940
    • Florence A Cooper, a drapery room operator at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Ernest C Cooper 1940

    Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1422 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E M L Cooper 1940
    • E M Louise Cooper 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Vance at 1416 and Mrs G Overington at 1428. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1453 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • J H Cooper, a waiter 1940
    • Harvey S Cooper 1940

    Next door in 1940: S B Nordhus at 1451 and Mrs A W Cummings at 1455. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a drapery room operator and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3). 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 F A Cooper at 1225 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Florence A Cooper there as the householder, a drapery room operator at the Hudson's Bay Company, with Ernest C Cooper. In 1940 the directory lists Miss E M L Cooper at 1422 Nelson Street; 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 E M Louise Cooper there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Cooper at 1453 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists John H Cooper there as the householder, a waiter, with Harvey S Cooper.

Today

1225 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1422 Nelson and 1453 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1225 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Coopers

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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.