A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The McKays
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McKay at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street, with the close spellings MacKay and Mackay. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 148 other streets too, all listed on the McKay name's own page.
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Where the McKays lived
- 1
5619 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A D McKay 1940
- Mrs F McKay, in women's clothing 1940
Next door in 1940: OK Barber Shop at 5607 and L Preddice at 5621. The block, door by door
- 2
5889 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- I B Mackay, a manager at Dictaphone Dictating Machines 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss F I Higginbotham at 5869. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a manager and a women's clothing.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 Mrs F McKay, a women's clothing, at 5619 Dunbar Street. By 1940 it is A D McKay. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Archie D McKay there as the householder, with Mrs Florence McKay, in women's clothing.
I B Mackay is listed at 5889 Dunbar 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 Ian B Mackay there as the householder, a manager at Dictaphone Dictating Machines.
Today
The City no longer lists 5619 Dunbar and 5889 Dunbar, 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.
- McKay A D5619 Dunbar, p. 45
- McKay Mrs F women's clo5619 Dunbar, p. 45
- McKay Archie D5619 Dunbar, p. 381
- McKay Mrs Florence women's clo5619 Dunbar, p. 382
- *Mackay I B5889 Dunbar, p. 45
- Mackay Ian B mgr Dictaphone Dictating Machines5889 Dunbar, p. 382
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McKays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McKay name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.