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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cowards

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Coward at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Cowards lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1851 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ron Coward 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E H Larson at 1845 and W J Etherington at 1859. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    511 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A H Coward, a notary public 1940

    Next door in 1940: Storey's Malted Milk Shops at 505 and "Ginger" Airways Coote at 515. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    415 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Grant Coward, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Wells at 405. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    355 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss D Coward, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: W I Walker at 345. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2535 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Coward, a butcher at Swifts 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Olsen at 2529 and R L McIntyre at 2541. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a butcher, an electrician, a notary public and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ron Coward at 1851 Comox Street. A H Coward, a notary public, is listed at 511 Howe Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Abraham H Coward there, a notary public. The 1940 name section lists Grant Coward at 415 West 10th Avenue, an electrician.

The 1940 name section lists Miss D Coward at 355 West 11th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. R Coward is listed at 2535 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rowland Coward there as the householder, a butcher at Swifts.

Today

355 West 11th (2000) and 2535 William (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1851 Comox, 511 Howe and 415 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.