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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McKays

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named McKay at five addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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

    315 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F S McKay 1940
    • Kath M McKay, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A E Morrison at 325. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2770 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C McKay, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Morgan at 2764 and H Taylor at 2796. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3606 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C A McKay, retired 1940
    • Dorothy E McKay, a stenographer at J W Kelly Piano 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A M Smith at 3618. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3867 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D Mackay, an assistant police chief at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Watson at 3861 and A H Bower at 3875. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4449 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E L MacKay, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Vick at 4443 and J Thompson at 4453. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an assistant police chief, an on active service and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Kitsilano 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 F S McKay at 315 West 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick S McKay there as the householder, with Kath M McKay, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C McKay at 2770 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Caroline McKay there as the householder, widow of G.

In 1940 the directory lists C A McKay at 3606 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles A McKay there as the householder, retired, with Dorothy E McKay, a stenographer at J W Kelly Piano. In 1940 the directory lists D Mackay at 3867 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don Mackay there as the householder, an assistant police chief at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists E L MacKay at 4449 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Earle L MacKay there as the householder, on active service.

Today

315 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2770 West 14th (1984), 3606 West 14th (1969), 3867 West 14th (2018) and 4449 West 14th (1966) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.