A family name on East 26th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Coxes
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Cox at two addresses in 1940, all on East 26th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Coxes at 1288 East 26th in 1940. The directories print the name on 52 other streets too, all listed on the Cox name's own page.
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Where the Coxes lived
Cedar Cottage
- 1
1288 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G M Cox, a laborer 1940
- Inez Cox, a domestic 1940
- Isabel F Cox 1940
- J Cox, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Inglehart at 1266 and F E Parson at 1296. The block, door by door
- 2
1349 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- S J Cox, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: W Powlton at 1341 and Mrs M Kergan at 1357. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a domestic, an engineer, a laborer and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 G M Cox at 1288 East 26th 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 George M Cox there as the householder, a laborer, with Inez Cox, a domestic, Isabel F Cox, and J Cox, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists S J Cox at 1349 East 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists S James Cox there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
1288 East 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1349 East 26th (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Cox G M1288 East 26th, p. 240
- Cox Geo M lab1288 East 26th, p. 135
- Cox Inez dom1288 East 26th, p. 135
- Cox Isabel F1288 East 26th, p. 135
- Cox J mlwkr Sterling Lbr1288 East 26th, p. 135
- Cox S J1349 East 26th, p. 240
- Cox S Jas eng1349 East 26th, p. 135
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Coxes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cox 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.