A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mocks
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Mock at four 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 Mocks lived
- 1
2340 Cornwall Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs M L Mock, a secretary at Atlas Investment 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fleming at 2330 and 5 listings at 2350. The block, door by door
- 2
1161 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Valentine D Mock, an instructor at the Miss P Doyle School of Dancing 1940
Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door
- 3
1168 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Leah Mock, a waitress for Lindsay Lodge 1940
Next door in 1940: Infants Hosp (VGH) at 1154 and W J Tyacke at 1172. The block, door by door
- 4
1129 Pacific Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Margaret Mock 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Mackey at 1121 and W W B MacKay at 1133. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an instructor, a secretary and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs M L Mock at 2340 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Martha L Mock there as the householder, a secretary at Atlas Investment. The 1940 name section lists Valentine D Mock at 1161 Granville Street, an instructor at the Miss P Doyle School of Dancing. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Leah Mock at 1168 Haro Street, a waitress for Lindsay Lodge.
The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Mock at 1129 Pacific Street.
Today
2340 Cornwall and 1161 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1161 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1168 Haro and 1129 Pacific, 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.
- Mock Mrs M L2340 Cornwall, p. 38
- Mock Mrs Martha L sec Atlas Invest2340 Cornwall, p. 435
- Mock Valentine D instr Miss P Doyle Sch of Dancing1161 Granville, p. 435
- Mock Mrs Leah waitress Lindsay Lodge1168 Haro, p. 435
- Mock Mrs Margt1129 Pacific, p. 435
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mocks
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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.