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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · 327 addresses on 173 streets

The directories print the McKenzie name at 327 addresses on 173 streets in 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings MacKenzie and Mackenzie. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the McKenzies lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End36 addresses
  2. Kitsilano34 addresses
  3. Downtown29 addresses
  4. Fairview29 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland27 addresses
  6. Dunbar-Southlands26 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage25 addresses
  8. Riley Park25 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise22 addresses
  10. Mount Pleasant21 addresses
  11. West Point Grey11 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood9 addresses
  13. Shaughnessy7 addresses
  14. Marpole6 addresses
  15. Strathcona5 addresses
  16. Victoria-Fraserview4 addresses
  17. Sunset3 addresses
  18. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  19. Killarney2 addresses
  20. South Cambie2 addresses
  21. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  22. Oakridge1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 12th AvenueTen addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 15 people: A MacKenzie, C E MacKenzie and D A MacKenzie, and twelve more
    1940
  2. 2
    Granville StreetEight addresses in Downtown and Shaughnessy; eight people: D C McKenzie, D R MacKenzie and D M MacKenzie, and five more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 13th AvenueEight addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; 13 people: C G MacKenzie, H H MacKenzie and J F McKenzie, and ten more
    1940
  4. 4
    Bute StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; seven people: Mrs H L MacKenzie, Agnes I Mackenzie and Carol F McKenzie, and four more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 7th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: D MacKenzie, C MacKenzie and H A MacKenzie, and five more
    1940
  6. 6
    Haro StreetFive addresses in West End; eight people: A M McKenzie, D Mackenzie and J H Mackenzie, and five more
    1940
  7. 7
    Main StreetFive addresses in Strathcona, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; six people: E J MacKenzie, K McKenzie and S C MacKenzie, and three more
    1940
  8. 8
    Oxford StreetFive addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; six people: D R McKenzie, H B McKenzie and K MacKenzie, and three more
    1940
  9. 9
    West 10th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A McKenzie, R E McKenzie and Alex McKenzie, and three more
    1940
  10. 10
    West 14th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; eleven people: Dr W J MacKenzie, V W McKenzie and Alice McKenzie, and eight more
    1940
  11. 11
    Barclay StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: Mrs E C McKenzie, Barbara A R McKenzie and Jack McKenzie, and two more
    1940
  12. 12
    East 22nd AvenueFour addresses in Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood; nine people: Mrs A MacKenzie, Mrs H McKenzie and Mrs M A McKenzie, and six more
    1940

161 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Alexander Street (2), Alma Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Argyle Street (1), Avondale Avenue (1), Bayswater Street (1), Beatty Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Broughton Street (2), Burrard Street (3), Cambie Street (1), Cambridge Street (2), Carolina Street (2), Cartier Street (2), Chester Street (1), Clarendon Street (1), Clark Drive (1), Commercial Drive (1), Commercial Street (2), Comox Street (2), Cornwall Avenue (1), Davie Street (2), Dunbar Street (3), Dundas Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (3), East 12th Avenue (3), East 14th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (2), East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (2), East 1st Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (3), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (3), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 30th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (2), East 47th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 65th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (3), East 7th Avenue (4), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (3), East Cordova Street (1), East Georgia Street (2), East Hastings Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (3), Elgin Street (1), Fleming Street (1), Frances Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Guelph Street (1), Harwood Street (2), Hazelton Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Hemlock Street (2), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Jervis Street (2), John Street (1), Kingsway (2), Kitchener Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), McLean Drive (2), Melville Street (1), Napier Street (3), Nelson Street (2), Nootka Street (1), North Slocan Street (1), Oak Street (2), Ontario Street (1), Ormidale Street (1), Pacific Street (2), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (3), Pendrell Street (2), Prince Edward Street (1), Quebec Street (2), Robson Street (3), Rupert Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Thurlow Street (3), Tolmie Street (1), Turner Street (2), Venables Street (4), Victoria Drive (4), Vine Street (2), Wallace Street (1), Water Street (1), Waterloo Street (2), Welwyn Street (1), West 11th Avenue (3), West 15th Avenue (3), West 16th Avenue (3), West 17th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (2), West 23rd Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (2), West 28th Avenue (2), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (2), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (4), West 40th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (2), West 4th Avenue (2), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (2), West 5th Avenue (3), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (3), West Broadway (4), West Cordova Street (2), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (3), West Pender Street (1), William Street (2), Windermere Street (1), Yale Street (1), Yew Street (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 327 addresses, 150 still have their buildings from before 1946, 64 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 113; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.