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A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named McKenzie at four addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three McKenzies at 7 East 22nd in 1940. 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

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

    7 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs A MacKenzie, widow of C 1940
    • Christina R MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Mary MacKenzie, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Iannacone at 21. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    40 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M A McKenzie, widow of J 1940
    • Florence McKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A O Lynn at 36 and W E March at 50. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    47 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs H McKenzie, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Jowett at 33 and G Vanstone at 59. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2715 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R J MacKenzie, a waiter 1940
    • Mavis A MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Ralph A MacKenzie, a compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: B A Ryan at 2711 and Mrs E Russell at 2751. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a saleswoman (2), a clerk, a compositor and a waiter. Three of them worked for Spencer's. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 A MacKenzie at 7 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ann MacKenzie there as the householder, widow of C, with Christina R MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and Mary MacKenzie, a clerk at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A McKenzie at 40 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mary A McKenzie there as the householder, widow of J, with Florence McKenzie.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H McKenzie at 47 East 22nd 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 lists Helen McKenzie there as the householder, widow of W. In 1940 the directory lists R J MacKenzie at 2715 East 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert J MacKenzie there as the householder, a waiter, with Mavis A MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and Ralph A MacKenzie, a compositor at the Sun.

Today

7 East 22nd, 40 East 22nd and 47 East 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 47 East 22nd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2715 East 22nd (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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.