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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cozenses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Cozens at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Couzens. 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 Cozenses 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

    2747 East 1st Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H R Cozens, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Cesaretti at 2735 and F J La Bute at 2755. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3034 Graveley Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C C Cozens, a painter at Boeings 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Kothlow at 3016 and C W Ross at 3046. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2012 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • L G Couzens 1940
    • Leonard C Couzens, a druggist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Scott at 2002 and W T Fraser at 2020. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2159 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Margaret G Cozens, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Gaskin at 2155 and Rev E D Braden at 2183. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a painter (2), a druggist and an employee.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 H R Cozens at 2747 East 1st 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 Horace R Cozens there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists C C Cozens at 3034 Graveley Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Cozens there as the householder, a painter at Boeings.

In 1940 the directory lists L G Couzens at 2012 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leonard C Couzens there as the householder, a druggist. The 1940 name section lists Margaret G Cozens at 2159 West 45th Avenue, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

3034 Graveley and 2159 West 45th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2159 West 45th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2747 East 1st (2005) and 2012 West 35th (1996) have newer buildings, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Cozenses

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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.