A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Maycocks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Maycock at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Mycock. 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 Maycocks lived
- 1
4792 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A C Maycock, a grain sampler 1940
- Celia G Maycock 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Gilbert at 4760. The block, door by door
- 2
706 West 17th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs E Maycock, widow of V J 1940
- Mary H Maycock, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E E Steven at 726. The block, door by door
- 3
2232 Yukon Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R H Mycock, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: F F Goldbaum at 2230. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a grain sampler, a laborer and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and South Cambie. 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 A C Maycock at 4792 Commercial 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 Arthur C Maycock there as the householder, a grain sampler, with Celia G Maycock. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Maycock at 706 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ethel Maycock there as the householder, widow of V J, with Mary H Maycock, a nurse.
In 1940 the directory lists R H Mycock at 2232 Yukon Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert H Mycock there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
4792 Commercial still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 706 West 17th and 2232 Yukon, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Maycock A C4792 Commercial, p. 34
- Maycock Arth C grain sampler4792 Commercial, p. 422
- Maycock Celia G4792 Commercial, p. 422
- Maycock Mrs E706 West 17th, p. 225
- Maycock Ethel wid V J ward asst Van Genl Hosp706 West 17th, p. 422
- Maycock Mary H nurse706 West 17th, p. 422
- Mycock R H2232 Yukon, p. 172
- Mycock Robt H lab2232 Yukon, p. 451
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Maycocks
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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.