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A family name on East 27th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named McKenzie at three addresses in 1940, all on East 27th 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 550 East 27th 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

    550 East 27th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs H A MacKenzie, widow of F 1940
    • Doug A MacKenzie, a planerman at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Ruth MacKenzie, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Thompson at 542 and K MacKenzie at 558. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    558 East 27th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • K MacKenzie, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H A MacKenzie at 550 and Mrs S A Boot at 562. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3325 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W D MacKenzie, a lineman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Kline at 3347. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a lineman, a planerman and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) 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 H A MacKenzie at 550 East 27th 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 Helen A MacKenzie there as the householder, widow of F, with Doug A MacKenzie, a planerman at Canadian White Pine, and Ruth MacKenzie, a saleswoman. In 1940 the directory lists K MacKenzie at 558 East 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken MacKenzie there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists W D MacKenzie at 3325 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William MacKenzie there as the householder, a lineman.

Today

550 East 27th (1991), 558 East 27th (2021) and 3325 East 27th (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.