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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mackees

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Mackee at three addresses in 1940 in Kerrisdale. 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 Mackees lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6625 Adera Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J L Mackee, a salesman for Nesbitt Thomson 1940
    • William B Mackee, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F S Spain at 6611 and T N Anderson at 6641. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3168 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W H Mackee, retired 1940
    • Alice F Mackee 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Brooke at 3156. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2242 West 49th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W G Mackee, an insurance salesman at Western City 1940

    Next door in 1940: P L Birrell at 2208 and R T Rathmell at 2258. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an insurance salesman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (3). 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 L Mackee at 6625 Adera 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John L Mackee there as the householder, a salesman for Nesbitt Thomson, with William B Mackee, a student. In 1940 the directory lists W H Mackee at 3168 West 42nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William H Mackee there as the householder, retired, with Alice F Mackee.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Mackee at 2242 West 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Gordon Mackee there as the householder, an insurance salesman at Western City.

Today

6625 Adera and 2242 West 49th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3168 West 42nd (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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

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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.