A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Coverntons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Covernton at one address, 1627 Laurier Avenue in Shaughnessy, in 1940.
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The Coverntons at home
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1627 Laurier Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Dr C F Covernton, a physician 1940
- Carleton C Covernton, a student 1940
- Daphne M Covernton, an agent at the Ask Mr Foster Travel Service 1940
- G Steph Covernton, a clerk at Royal Trust 1940
Next door in 1940: R C Buchanan at 1649. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an agent, a clerk and a physician.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Shaughnessy. 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 Dr C F Covernton at 1627 Laurier 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 Charles F Covernton there as the householder, a physician, with Carleton C Covernton, a student, Daphne M Covernton, an agent at the Ask Mr Foster Travel Service, and G Steph Covernton, a clerk at Royal Trust.
Today
1627 Laurier still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Covernton Dr C F1627 Laurier, p. 102
- Covernton Carleton C studt1627 Laurier, p. 132
- Covernton Chas F phys 829, 718 Granville1627 Laurier, p. 132
- Covernton Daphne M agt Ask Mr Foster Travel Serv1627 Laurier, p. 132
- Covernton G Steph clk Royal Trust1627 Laurier, p. 132
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Coverntons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Covernton 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.