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A family name on Triumph Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland

The Coopers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Cooper at two addresses in 1940, all on Triumph Street. 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 Coopers at 2147 Triumph 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

    2147 Triumph Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G H Cooper, proprietor of Allen Fuels 1940
    • Albert Cooper, a laborer 1940
    • Leslie W Cooper, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Campsall at 2143 and R C Winkelman at 2155. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3469 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs W H Cooper, widow of L J 1940
    • Beatrice A Cooper, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • John E Cooper, an apprentice at Easthope Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Macauley at 3463 and J B Whitehead at 3487. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an apprentice, an employee, a laborer, a logger and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 G H Cooper at 2147 Triumph Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George H Cooper there as the householder, proprietor of Allen Fuels, with Albert Cooper, a laborer, and Leslie W Cooper, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs W H Cooper at 3469 Triumph 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 Winifred H Cooper there as the householder, widow of L J, with Beatrice A Cooper, who worked for the BC Telephone, and John E Cooper, an apprentice at Easthope Bros.

Today

3469 Triumph still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2147 Triumph, so that building is 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, street section

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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.