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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Coulings

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Couling 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 Coulings 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

    6038 Macdonald Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • S N Couling, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Scovil at 6000 and A J Edgecombe at 6062. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3858 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H Couling, a branch manager at B&K Economy Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Bain at 3852 and M Gelfond at 3870. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    439 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W T Couling, a planerman at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Miller at 433 and E Richter at 447. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4004 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F Couling, a clerk at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Irving at 4010. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk (2), a branch manager and a planerman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists S N Couling at 6038 Macdonald Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sid N Couling there as the householder, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal. In 1940 the directory lists H Couling at 3858 West 16th 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 lists Harry Couling there as the householder, a branch manager at B&K Economy Stores.

In 1940 the directory lists W T Couling at 439 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter T Couling there as the householder, a planerman at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists F Couling at 4004 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Couling there as the householder, a clerk at the Pacific Mills.

Today

6038 Macdonald, 3858 West 16th and 439 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 4004 West 19th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Coulings

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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.