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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Coopers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Cooper at seven addresses in 1940, all on Robson Street. 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 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

    129 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Constance Cooper, of Brown Betty Lunch Room 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P Holland at 125 and V Kitlas at 133. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1287 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles F Cooper, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K S Graves at 1267. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1443 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gay I Cooper, a hairdresser at the Cinderella Beauty Parlor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Edmunson at 1435 and Miss R Hadwin at 1449. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1506 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Allen G Cooper, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Richardson at 1508. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1666 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • P Cooper, proprietor of New Model Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs O Balback at 1662 and L Gasser at 1668. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1674 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • William R Cooper, a salesman at Lewis Piano House 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs P E Smale at 1670 and Mrs M M Morrissette at 1682. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1973 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gladys Cooper 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S C Robertson at 1951. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a bookkeeper, a gardener, a hairdresser, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (6) and Downtown. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Constance Cooper at 129 Robson Street, of Brown Betty Lunch Room. The 1940 name section lists Charles F Cooper at 1287 Robson Street, a gardener. The 1940 name section lists Gay I Cooper at 1443 Robson Street, a hairdresser at the Cinderella Beauty Parlor. The 1940 name section lists Allen G Cooper at 1506 Robson Street, a bookkeeper.

In 1940 the directory lists P Cooper at 1666 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Peter Cooper there as the householder, proprietor of New Model Cleaners & Dyers. The 1940 name section lists William R Cooper at 1674 Robson Street, a salesman at Lewis Piano House. The 1940 name section lists Gladys Cooper at 1973 Robson Street.

Today

1666 Robson (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 129 Robson, 1287 Robson, 1443 Robson, 1506 Robson, 1674 Robson and 1973 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.