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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Coshes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Cosh 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 Coshes 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

    274 East 38th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S Cosh, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Hoover at 266. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2863 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W J Cosh, a compressorman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Murray at 2855 and C T Field at 2871. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    144 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G Cosh, retired 1940
    • Martin L Cosh, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Assimes at 138 and R Heywood at 148. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1026 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Cosh, a mechanic at National Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Carson at 1024 and Mrs A Keeler at 1034. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a compressorman, a mechanic and a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 S Cosh at 274 East 38th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam Cosh there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W J Cosh at 2863 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Cosh there as the householder, a compressorman at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists G Cosh at 144 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Cosh there as the householder, retired, with Martin L Cosh, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists G Cosh at 1026 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Guy Cosh there as the householder, a mechanic at National Machinery.

Today

2863 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 274 East 38th, 144 West 7th and 1026 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Coshes

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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.