A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McKenzie at three addresses in 1940, all on Burrard Street, with the close spellings MacKenzie and Mackenzie. 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 172 other streets too, all listed on the McKenzie name's own page.
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Where the McKenzies lived
- 1
355 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- R L Mackenzie, an electrician engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Bank of Montreal at 385. The block, door by door
- 2
552 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- MacKenzie (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Howie at 544 and Horsman E B & Son at 562. The block, door by door
- 3
1237 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- C MacKenzie, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: E Wattum at 1225 and Mrs A M Boone at 1243. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a fisherman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 R L Mackenzie, an electrician engineer, at 355 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists MacKenzie (no first name printed) at 552 Burrard Street. In 1940 the directory lists C MacKenzie at 1237 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles MacKenzie there as the householder, a fisherman.
Today
355 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 1237 Burrard (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 552 Burrard, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mackenzie R L elec eng355 Burrard, p. 21
- MacKenzie —552 Burrard, p. 383
- MacKenzie C1237 Burrard, p. 22
- MacKenzie Chas fshrmn1237 Burrard, p. 384
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McKenzies
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McKenzie name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.