A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Coxes
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Cox at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
- 1
470 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- S G Cox, a financial broker 1940
Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door
- 2
871 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Hiram B Cox, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door
- 3
1018 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- H B Cox 1940
Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door
- 4
1221 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Robert O Cox, a salesman for Boultbee Sweet 1940
Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 S G Cox, a financial broker, at 470 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hiram B Cox at 871 Granville Street, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists H B Cox at 1018 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert O Cox at 1221 Granville Street, a salesman for Boultbee Sweet.
Today
470 Granville, 1018 Granville and 1221 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 871 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cox S G fin broker470 Granville, p. 62
- Cox Hiram B clk PO871 Granville, p. 135
- Cox H B1018 Granville, p. 135
- Cox Robt O slsmn Boultbee Sweet1221 Granville, 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.