The Cottons

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E J Cotton at 1922 Arbutus Street. Mrs S Cotton is listed at 777 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sadie Cotton there as the householder, widow of D.

F P Cotton is listed at 2730 East Pender 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). The 1940 name section lists Frank P Cotton there as the householder, a granite cutter at A S Allan & Co, with Frank T Cotton, a salesman at Spencer's, and Lillian P Cotton. R Cotton is listed at 2740 East Pender Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard Cotton there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver, with Sophia Cotton.

Mrs G F Cotton is listed at 5437 Larch Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Geraldine F Cotton there as the householder, widow of A, with Dorothy M Cotton, a school teacher, and Ralph H Cotton, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Patricia Cotton at 763 Nicola Street, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists Miles P Cotton at 1267 Pendrell Street.

S Cotton is listed at 2630 Turner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam Cotton there as the householder, a stone mason, with Sam H Cotton, a machinist, E May Cotton, a music teacher, Harry Cotton, a machinist at Canadian-Bemis Bag, and Richard J Cotton, a druggist at Cunningham Drug. L A Cotton is listed at 2155 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Louis A Cotton there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Ruth Cotton at 679 West 19th Avenue, a dancing teacher for V D Moore. In 1940 the directory lists W P Cotton at 4302 West 9th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William P Cotton there as the householder, proprietor of Varsity Book Store, with Agnes N Cotton, a clerk at the Province, Leonard F Cotton, a printer, and Robert W Cotton, a linotype operator.

Today

1922 Arbutus, 777 Burrard, 2630 Turner, 679 West 19th and 4302 West 9th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2730 East Pender (1988), 2740 East Pender (1971) and 5437 Larch (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 763 Nicola, 1267 Pendrell and 2155 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).