A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The McKays
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named McKay at four addresses in 1940, all on Franklin Street, with the close spellings MacKay and Mackay. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
- 2
1721 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- M MacKay, a weighman at the United Grain Growers Terminal 1940
Next door in 1940: Franklin Grocery at 1719 and J Smith at 1723. The block, door by door
- 3
2125 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- D L McKay, a bus operator at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Pearson Wire & Iron Wks at 2105 and A L Ritchie at 2135. The block, door by door
- 4
3639 Franklin Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- K A McKay, a plumber at Spencer's 1940
- Audrey McKay, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: M Limb at 3631 and J Harvey at 3649. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a bus operator, a plumber, a saleswoman and a weighman. Two of them worked for Spencer's.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 McKay (no first name printed) at 1608 Franklin Street. M MacKay is listed at 1721 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Murdo MacKay there as the householder, a weighman at the United Grain Growers Terminal.
D L McKay is listed at 2125 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Don L McKay there as the householder, a bus operator at the BC Electric Railway. K A McKay is listed at 3639 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ken A McKay there as the householder, a plumber at Spencer's, with Audrey McKay, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
Today
3639 Franklin still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1608 Franklin, 1721 Franklin and 2125 Franklin, 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.
- McKay —1608 Franklin, p. 381
- MacKay M1721 Franklin, p. 51
- MacKay Murdo weighmn UGG Term1721 Franklin, p. 382
- McKay D L2125 Franklin, p. 51
- McKay Don L bus opr BCER2125 Franklin, p. 381
- McKay K A3639 Franklin, p. 52
- McKay Audrey slswm Spencers3639 Franklin, p. 381
- McKay Ken A plmbr Spencers3639 Franklin, p. 382
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.