A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Cowans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Cowan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 37th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Cowan name's own page.
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Where the Cowans lived
- 1
2451 West 37th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J B Cowan, a sales manager at Rose Cowan & Latta 1940
- T Archibald Cowan, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: K Anderson at 2427 and G T Snow at 2475. The block, door by door
- 2
2965 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A J Cowan, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Thompson at 2955 and J Greenan at 2975. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a barrister and a sales manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 J B Cowan at 2451 West 37th 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 John B Cowan there as the householder, a sales manager at Rose Cowan & Latta, with T Archibald Cowan, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists A J Cowan at 2965 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Cowan there as the householder, a barrister.
Today
2451 West 37th and 2965 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2451 West 37th 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.
- *Cowan J B2451 West 37th, p. 253
- Cowan John B slsmgr Rose Cowan & Latta2451 West 37th, p. 132
- Cowan T Arch studt UBC2451 West 37th, p. 132
- *Cowan A J2965 West 37th, p. 253
- Cowan Arth J barr 84, 553 Granville2965 West 37th, 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.