A family name on West 15th 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, 964 West 15th Avenue in Fairview, 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
- 1
964 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs C Cowan, widow of C 1940
- Flossie V Cowan, a clerk at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: D B Irwin at 950. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Fairview. 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 Mrs C Cowan at 964 West 15th 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 Clara Cowan there as the householder, widow of C, with Flossie V Cowan, a clerk at the CPR.
Today
964 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Cowan Mrs C964 West 15th, p. 219
- Cowan Clara wid C964 West 15th, p. 132
- Cowan Flossie V clk CPR964 West 15th, p. 132
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.