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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McKays

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named McKay at six addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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 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

    118 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs S J MacKay, widow of A 1940
    • Angus D MacKay, who worked for Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Masse at 116 and B A Toitras at 128. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    305 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C McKay 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H J Smardon at 315. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1595 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs L MacKay, widow of D M 1940
    • Ron D MacKay, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Blaney at 1587. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3556 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R C McKay, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Blackwell at 3548 and W J T Mackay at 3562. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3562 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W J T Mackay, an accountant 1940
    • Alice D Mackay 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C McKay at 3556 and H Hayward at 3570. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4223 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C H MacKay, a reporter at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: H O'Hara at 4217 and G R Ellingham at 4227. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: an accountant, an employee, a motorman and a reporter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 S J MacKay at 118 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sarah J MacKay there as the householder, widow of A, with Angus D MacKay, who worked for Restmore. In 1940 the directory lists C McKay at 305 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles McKay there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L MacKay at 1595 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Laura MacKay there as the householder, widow of D M, with Ron D MacKay, a student. In 1940 the directory lists R C McKay at 3556 West 12th Avenue; 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 Russell C McKay there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists W J T Mackay at 3562 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J T Mackay there as the householder, an accountant, with Alice D Mackay. In 1940 the directory lists C H MacKay at 4223 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Clif H MacKay there as the householder, a reporter at the Sun.

Today

118 West 12th, 305 West 12th, 3556 West 12th and 3562 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 305 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4223 West 12th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1595 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.