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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mackedies

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Mackedie at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling MacKedie. 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 Mackedies lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1312 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • D MacKedie, a department manager at Gault Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Hedley at 1316. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2003 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • R B Mackedie, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • Frances C Mackedie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Archibald at 2015. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    318 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R B Mackedie, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: De Luxe Barber Shop at 312 and Rubber Northern at 360. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4519 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C B Mackedie, a clerk at H R MacMillan Export 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Baker at 4511 and R G Thompson at 4525. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a department manager and a manufacturers agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and West Point Grey. 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 D MacKedie at 1312 Alberni Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Doug MacKedie there as the householder, a department manager at Gault Bros. In 1940 the directory lists R B Mackedie at 2003 Haro 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 lists Randolph B Mackedie there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Frances C Mackedie.

In 1940 the directory lists R B Mackedie, a manufacturers agent, at 318 Homer Street. C B Mackedie is listed at 4519 West 9th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists C Bruce Mackedie there as the householder, a clerk at H R MacMillan Export.

Today

318 Homer and 4519 West 9th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1312 Alberni and 2003 Haro, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Mackedies

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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.