This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WESTCOT, WESTCOTT, MCCULLOCH, JOHNSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/517.2 Message Board Post: Hi Dave - Much like my earlier posting of Joseph Stanley MCCULLOCH, I examined my city directories for the era 1945 through 1960. I found no Ida Mae/Mabel MCCULLOCH or WESTCOT in the '45 or '47 directory, but I found the following listing in the 1955 directory, page 1582, right column: "Westcot Mabel S cafeteria mgr (occupation - managing a cafeteria - an institutional job like Joseph Stanley MCCULLOCH's) S Mtn HS (South Mountain High School [a public educational instituion] 5401 South 7th Street) h (head of household - other relations including children may be present) Apt 2 518 E Roanoke (residence) CR 4-5756". There is no listing for any other WESTCOT including a Richard N. WESTCOT. The residence address is an apartment complex and she is renting the apartment unit. If this is your research subject you could leave a posting at the Message Board for South Mountain High school at Classmates.com asking if anyone remembers her from that era. You can also search the school roster of registered students to see if a WESTCOT was a student there. I have no explanation as to why her middle initial is shown as a "S.", which, of course, could eliminate her from being your research subject OR it could be some sort of transcription error. However, there are virtually no WESTCOT surnames (spelled with a single "T") in any of the directories so it seems rather plausible that this might be your research subject. In my 1957 directory I found the exact same listing as noted above. There were no changes and there is no Richard N. WESTCOT present. This is found on page 1734, right column. Curious enough though is a listing on the same page for a "Westcott Richd (abbreviated for Richard) N accnt (occupation - accountant) Alexander Grant & Co (employer) h 2102 W Cactus Wren Dr WI 3-0283". This could be your research subject but with the last name spelled with two "TT"'s. There is no listing of a spouse and he is renting. In the 1959 directory the Mabel listing is still the same except that her occupation is changed. On page 1825, left column, she is shown as a "tchr Phx Col" (occupation Teacher, employer Phoenix College [a Junior or Community College - a 2 year higher educational institution] 1202 West Thomas Road). There is no Richard N. WESTCOT present. Again, same suggestion as previously, you could leave a posting at the Message Board at Phoenix College to see if any of her students recognize her and occasionally yearbooks for Phoenix College come up for sale on eBay.com. If this is your research subject, it's possible her photo can be found in a yearbook. Further, likely the College librarian has a email address that can probably be found online using Google. If so you could email the librarian to see what archival material they have on former teachers. Now we find a breakthrough. On the same page is "Westcott Richd N (Ida M)(spouse and your research subject) 1 (1 child under age 18 living at home)" with the rest of the listing as found in 1957. This proffers some interesting questions. Is the Mabel S. WESTCOT a relative or a child of Richard and Ida's? Why is Ida not shown in the 1955 directory, did she and Richard marry sometime between 1955 and 1957? Is Mabel S. WESTCOT wholely unrelated and the name composition a mere coincidence? My final directory is 1960 and the listing for Mabel is exactly the same as stated in 1959. The listing can be found on page 1903 right column. Right below Mabel's listing in the same column is the same listing for Richard and Ida with the only change being noted is that Richard is now the owner of 2102 West Cactus Wren Drive. This means that property tax and land record deeds would be available in public record. As they had a child sometime in the 1955 - 1957 era, that child would have turned age 17 between 1972 and 1974 and may be listed at Classmates.com as registered user. You could email the Phoenix Unified School District to inquire as to what high school served 2102 West Cactus Wren Drive in the '72 to '74 era and then you could check that high schools roster at Classmates and also leave a posting at the Message Board to see if any of that WESTCOTT's child classmates will respond with knowledge of that person. As an accountant, Richard N. WESTCOTT would have had to have held a professional license and genealogical records may be available through the Arizona State agency that licenses accountants (Board of Accountancy, 3300 North Central Avenue, Phoenix [1960]). Further, his employer Alexander Grant & Co., CPA's, 336 1st National Bank Building, Phoenix (1960) may have employment records on Richard that may be available. CPA firms in America have gone through significant consolidation over the last 20 years, so it may take a inquiry of the Board of Accountancy to find out what the status of Alexander Grant & Co. is today. There is one Richard WESTCOTT listed in the current Phoenix metro phone book. The listing shows an address of 10739 East Palm Ridge Drive, Scottsdale. Phone 480-473-8295. There is no listing for a Ida M. nor Alexander Grant & Co. I have a few other resources I'll check for you next week and I'll leave a posting. Hope this helps in your research. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer