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A family name on Pendrell Street, West End

The McKays

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named McKay at three addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell 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

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

    1156 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • A S MacKay, retired 1940
    • Ethel E MacKay, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Lake at 1150 and G N Durham at 1168. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1676 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Henry McKay, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Davis at 1670. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1847 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Annie M MacKay, a stenographer at Bryce Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hawkins at 1835 and A E Sinton at 1853. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a stenographer (2) and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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 A S MacKay at 1156 Pendrell 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 Alex S MacKay there as the householder, retired, with Ethel E MacKay, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Henry McKay at 1676 Pendrell Street, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Annie M MacKay at 1847 Pendrell Street, a stenographer at Bryce Sales.

Today

1847 Pendrell (1957) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1156 Pendrell and 1676 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 McKays

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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.