A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cocrofts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Cocroft at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Cocrofts lived
- 1
4822 Joyce Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W H Cocroft, a janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wagar at 4816 and W C Smith at 4860. The block, door by door
- 2
5737 Prince Edward Street
Sunset, 1940
- C R Cocroft, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Marriott at 5775. The block, door by door
- 3
501 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- H Cocroft, an engineer at the Provincial Normal School 1940
Next door in 1940: G Miller at 555. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a blacksmith, an engineer and a janitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset. 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 W H Cocroft at 4822 Joyce Street; 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 William H Cocroft there as the householder, a janitor at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists C R Cocroft at 5737 Prince Edward Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Cocroft there as the householder, a blacksmith.
In 1940 the directory lists H Cocroft at 501 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry Cocroft there as the householder, an engineer at the Provincial Normal School.
Today
4822 Joyce, 5737 Prince Edward and 501 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 501 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Cocroft W H4822 Joyce, p. 92
- Cocroft Wm H jntr Van City4822 Joyce, p. 118
- *Cocroft C R5737 Prince Edward, p. 137
- Cocroft Chas R blksmth5737 Prince Edward, p. 118
- Cocroft H501 West 12th, p. 207
- Cocroft Harry eng Prov Norm Sch501 West 12th, p. 118
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cocrofts
Every directory, as one book
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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.