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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Copleys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Copley at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Copleys 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

    2821 Clark Drive

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R T Copley 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Grayston at 2817 and C S Baird at 2825. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1576 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H A Copley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Le Pore at 1566 and R B Roberts at 1586. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1337 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H G Copley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Jardine at 1329 and H J Scrivener at 1345. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Mount Pleasant. 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 R T Copley at 2821 Clark Drive. H A Copley is listed at 1576 East 4th Avenue 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 H G Copley at 1337 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

2821 Clark Drive (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1576 East 4th and 1337 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive
About 1926 Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive. Not at the house at 2821 Clark Drive: no archive photo of the 2800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 96-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

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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.