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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The MacKichans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named MacKichan at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three MacKichans at 2726 Main in 1940.

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Where the MacKichans 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

    2057 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H C MacKichan, a mechanic at Otis-Fensom Elevator 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Shannon at 2049 and G W Hogarth at 2065. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2718 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A MacKichan, in real estate 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Thomas at 2700 and J A MacKichan at 2726. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2726 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A MacKichan 1940
    • A Roy MacKichan, a mechanic 1940
    • Alex W MacKichan 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacKichan at 2718 and J Wanner at 2730. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a mechanic (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 H C MacKichan at 2057 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Homer C MacKichan there as the householder, a mechanic at Otis-Fensom Elevator. In 1940 the directory lists J A MacKichan, in real estate, at 2718 Main Street.

J A MacKichan is listed at 2726 Main Street in 1940; 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 A Roy MacKichan there, a mechanic, with Alex W MacKichan.

Today

2057 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 2718 Main (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2726 Main, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. Not at the house at 2726 Main: no archive photo of the 2700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.

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, street section

The book of the MacKichans

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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.