A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cour-Barrons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Cour-Barron at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Cour-Barrons lived
- 1
2568 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E H Cour-Barron, a night patrol 1940
Next door in 1940: H T McLean at 2560. The block, door by door
- 2
2043 Kitchener Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J E Cour-Barron, a watchman 1940
- Gladys D Cour-Barron 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Thorpe at 2023 and H N Hutchings at 2049. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a night patrol and a watchman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 E H Cour-Barron, a night patrol, at 2568 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward H Cour-Barron there, a night patrol. In 1940 the directory lists J E Cour-Barron at 2043 Kitchener Street; 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 John E H Cour-Barron there as the householder, a watchman, with Gladys D Cour-Barron.
Today
2043 Kitchener still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2568 East 2nd (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cour-Barron E H night patrol2568 East 2nd, p. 175
- Cour-Barron Edw H night patrol2568 East 2nd, p. 131
- *Cour-Barron J E2043 Kitchener, p. 99
- Cour-Barron Gladys D2043 Kitchener, p. 131
- Cour-Barron John E H wtchmn Mc Mc & Prior2043 Kitchener, p. 131
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cour-Barrons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cour-Barron name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.