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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cottinghams

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Cottingham at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Cottinghams 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

    3837 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G E Cottingham, a naturopath 1940
    • William L Cottingham, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Dawe at 3807 and T J Elrick at 3861. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    843 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • H M Cottingham, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Bates at 893. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1738 Cedar Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • H R Cottingham 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Carter at 1712 and P Winram at 1764. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2755 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H E Cottingham, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Russell at 2751 and S Hutchings at 2759. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    817 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • William G Cottingham 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E McLaren at 823. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    175 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G E Cottingham, a naturopath 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hux Lunch at 169. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Florence Cottingham 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a naturopath, a salesman and a seaman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Renfrew-Collingwood, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 E Cottingham at 3837 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George E Cottingham there as the householder, a naturopath, with William L Cottingham, a seaman. In 1940 the directory lists H M Cottingham at 843 Cardero Street. The 1940 name section lists Herbert M Cottingham there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists H R Cottingham at 1738 Cedar Crescent; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). H E Cottingham is listed at 2755 East 22nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Cottingham there as the householder, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists William G Cottingham at 817 East 8th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists G E Cottingham, a naturopath, at 175 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Florence Cottingham at 900 West Georgia Street.

Today

843 Cardero, 1738 Cedar Crescent, 175 East Broadway and 900 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 900 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3837 Blenheim (1973) and 2755 East 22nd (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 817 East 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Cottinghams

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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.