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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Coxes

In the city directories 1940 · 62 addresses on 53 streets

The directories print the Cox name at 62 addresses on 53 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Coxes lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano8 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  3. West End7 addresses
  4. Downtown6 addresses
  5. Riley Park6 addresses
  6. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  7. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  8. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  9. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  10. West Point Grey3 addresses
  11. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  13. Sunset2 addresses
  14. Fairview1 address
  15. Killarney1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: H B Cox, Hiram B Cox and Robert O Cox, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Charles StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: A S Cox and James W Cox
    1940
  3. 3
    East 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; four people: C Cox, Alfred C Cox and Cox, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    East 26th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: G M Cox, S J Cox and Inez Cox, and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Frank J Cox and Leila Cox
    1940
  6. 6
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A Cox and S A Cox
    1940
  7. 7
    West 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: A L Cox and Lily M Cox
    1940
  8. 8
    Adanac StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Robert Cox
    1940
  9. 9
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; three people: Mrs E Cox, H George Cox and Ken D Cox
    1940
  10. 10
    Alberta StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: Kathleen Cox
    1940
  11. 11
    Alma StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: P B Cox
    1940
  12. 12
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: Roy Cox
    1940

41 more streets, by name: Argyle Street (1), Arlington Street (1), Balkan Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Drummond Drive (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Harwood Street (1), John Street (1), Kingsway (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Macdonald Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Vine Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 62 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 19 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.

The book of the Coxes

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under C. Want a name removed? Tell us.