A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mochars
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Mochar at two addresses in 1940 in Mount Pleasant. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Mochars lived
- 1
122 East 5th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Mochar Jr, a chief clerk at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940
Next door in 1940: K Tanka at 118 and O C Ditto at 132. The block, door by door
- 2
475 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Mochar, a cleaner at Morrison Steel 1940
Next door in 1940: N McMullen at 467 and Cream Do-Nut Honey at 479. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a chief clerk and a cleaner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 J Mochar Jr at 122 East 5th 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 John Mochar Jr there as the householder, a chief clerk at the Vancouver Parks Board. In 1940 the directory lists J Mochar at 475 East Broadway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Mochar there as the householder, a cleaner at Morrison Steel, with Joan E Mochar.
Today
The City no longer lists 122 East 5th and 475 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mochar J Jr122 East 5th, p. 183
- Mochar John Jr chf clk Van Pks Bd122 East 5th, p. 435
- *Mochar J475 East Broadway, p. 15
- Mochar Joan E475 East Broadway, p. 435
- Mochar John clnr Morrison Steel475 East Broadway, p. 435
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mochars
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mochar 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.