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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McKays

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named McKay at four addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three McKays at 967 West 10th in 1940. 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

    364 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J W Mackay 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J F Kilburn at 356 and P A White at 376. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    967 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • P J Mackay, an official court reporter at the BC Government 1940
    • Janet P Mackay 1940
    • Phyllis I Mackay, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Clark at 955 and garnlea court at 975. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3979 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J McKay, a superintendent cargo 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Allen at 3961 and A L Cunnington at 3983. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4484 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C R Mackay 1940
    • Lilian Mackay 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Testar at 4474 and Trimble Serv at 4496. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an official court reporter, a school teacher and a superintendent cargo.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 J W Mackay at 364 West 10th Avenue. P J Mackay is listed at 967 West 10th Avenue 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Peter J Mackay there as the householder, an official court reporter at the BC Government, with Janet P Mackay, and Phyllis I Mackay, a school teacher.

J McKay is listed at 3979 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James McKay there as the householder, a superintendent cargo. C R Mackay is listed at 4484 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists C Ross Mackay there as the householder, with Lilian Mackay.

Today

3979 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 364 West 10th, 967 West 10th and 4484 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.