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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mackeys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Mackey at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Mackeys 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

    1504 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mary E Mackey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C F Johnson at 1510. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    117 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R McKey 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Fujibayashi at 119. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1121 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • H W Mackey, an engineer at the CPR 1940
    • Eileen M Mackey 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Slater at 1109 and Miss B E Daynard at 1129. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    134 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J F MacKey 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Humphrey at 132 and Mrs H Omae at 136. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary E Mackey at 1504 Charles Street as the householder. The 1940 name section lists R McKey at 117 Main Street. In 1940 the directory lists H W Mackey at 1121 Pacific 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 Horace W Mackey there as the householder, an engineer at the CPR, with Eileen M Mackey.

The 1940 name section lists J F MacKey at 134 Powell Street.

Today

117 Main and 134 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1504 Charles and 1121 Pacific, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.