A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Cowans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Cowan at one address, 3759 West 10th Avenue in West Point Grey, in 1940. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Cowan name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Cowans at home
Point Grey
- 1
3759 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- H G Cowan 1940
- Vivian Cowan, a bakery 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Botterill at 3757 and W A R Campbell at 3761. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 Vivian Cowan, a bakery, at 3759 West 10th Avenue. By 1940 it is H G Cowan.
Today
The City no longer lists 3759 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cowan H G3759 West 10th, p. 201
- Cowan Vivian bky3759 West 10th, p. 201
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cowans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cowan 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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Another name, or a house
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.