Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

2247 Oxford Street

In the 1940 city directory.

Mrs Ella M McKenzie is the householder at 2247 Oxford Street in 1940, in a family the directory marks as owning it. Its name section lists one more person here: George A McKenzie. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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3
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Mrs Ella M McKenziehouseholderp. 384

Also under the McKenzie name

  • George A McKenzielives herep. 384

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

Oxford Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The lines for 2247 Oxford Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 2247 Oxford Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 2243 still has its building from before 1946, one of four on the block.

The 2200 block in 1940

Oxford Street between North Templeton and North Garden Drives, Grandview-Woodland: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Oxford Street, the 2200 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

The 2200 block of Oxford Street

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2247 Oxford Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2247-oxford, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.