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A family name on West 24th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The McKays

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at five addresses

The directories print eleven people named McKay at five addresses in 1940, all on West 24th 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: five McKays at 778 West 24th 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

    678 West 24th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J D McKay, a driver at CP Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Lindsay at 660 and G P Spencer at 686. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    778 West 24th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • H MacKay, a stone cutter 1940
    • Annie MacKay, a stenographer at General Appraisal 1940
    • Archibald MacKay 1940
    • Betty MacKay, a stenographer for W H Malkin 1940
    • John MacKay, a stone cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sherman at 770 and Mrs E Benn at 786. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3065 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Annie McKay, widow of R 1940
    • Margaret H Mackay, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F Burch at 3079. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3555 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H MacKay, a branch manager at the United Grain Growers Terminal 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Ross at 3549 and H S F Crawford at 3559. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3675 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T G MacKay, retired 1940
    • Helen E MacKay 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Kingzett at 3657 and J M Harkness at 3691. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a stenographer (2), a stone cutter (2), a branch manager, a driver and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3) and South Cambie (2). 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 D McKay at 678 West 24th 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 John D McKay there as the householder, a driver at CP Express. In 1940 the directory lists H MacKay at 778 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh MacKay there as the householder, a stone cutter, with Annie MacKay, a stenographer at General Appraisal, Archibald MacKay, Betty MacKay, a stenographer for W H Malkin, and John MacKay, a stone cutter.

The 1940 name section lists Annie McKay at 3065 West 24th Avenue, widow of R, with Margaret H Mackay, a school teacher. H MacKay is listed at 3555 West 24th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hugh MacKay there as the householder, a branch manager at the United Grain Growers Terminal.

T G MacKay is listed at 3675 West 24th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas G MacKay there as the householder, retired, with Helen E MacKay.

Today

678 West 24th, 778 West 24th and 3555 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3065 West 24th (2013) and 3675 West 24th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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.