A family name on Chester Street, Sunset and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named McKenzie at one address, 5139 Chester Street in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, in 1940, with the close spellings MacKenzie and Mackenzie. The directories print the name on 172 other streets too, all listed on the McKenzie name's own page.
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The McKenzies at home
Cedar Cottage
- 1
5139 Chester Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs E McKenzie, widow of W F 1940
- Bessie C McKenzie 1940
- Charles F McKenzie, proprietor of Cameo Steel Venetian Blind Manufacturing Co 1940
Next door in 1940: J Goulding at 5115 and J Gerbrandt at 5163. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 E McKenzie at 5139 Chester Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth McKenzie there as the householder, widow of W F, with Bessie C McKenzie, and Charles F McKenzie, proprietor of Cameo Steel Venetian Blind Manufacturing Co.
Today
5139 Chester (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKenzie Mrs E5139 Chester, p. 29
- McKenzie Bessie C5139 Chester, p. 384
- McKenzie Chas F prop Cameo Steel Venetian Blind Mfg Co5139 Chester, p. 384
- McKenzie Eliz wid W F slswm Woman's Bky5139 Chester, 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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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.