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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Copithornes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Copithorne at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Copithornes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    313 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Capithorn 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Homes at 309 and A C Phillips at 315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6450 Larch Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C J Copithorne 1940

    Next door in 1940: L S Jarvis at 6430. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4550 West 1st Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F Copithorne 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Bell at 4544 and H Keith at 4560. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1931 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs C Copithorne 1940

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale and West Point Grey. 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 Capithorn at 313 Cambie Street. C J Copithorne is listed at 6450 Larch Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). In 1940 the directory lists F Copithorne at 4550 West 1st Avenue. Mrs C Copithorne is listed at 1931 William Street in 1940.

Today

6450 Larch and 1931 William still have their buildings from before 1946; 4550 West 1st (2002) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 313 Cambie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Copithornes

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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.