A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McKenzie at three addresses in 1940, all on East 6th 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 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
25 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J H S McKenzie, a building wrecker 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Williams at 15 and I L Cawker at 35. The block, door by door
- 2
2260 East 6th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J K MacKenzie, a foreman at the United Grain Growers Terminal 1940
- Margaret MacKenzie, a baker for Miss A G Hornall 1940
Next door in 1940: A Watson at 2252 and T I Taylor at 2266. The block, door by door
- 3
3117 East 6th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J A McKenzie, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: M J Downey at 3105 and J Lapin at 3129. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a baker, a building wrecker, a foreman and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 J H S McKenzie, a building wrecker, at 25 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James H S McKenzie there, a building wrecker. In 1940 the directory lists J K MacKenzie at 2260 East 6th 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 John K MacKenzie there as the householder, a foreman at the United Grain Growers Terminal, with Margaret MacKenzie, a baker for Miss A G Hornall.
In 1940 the directory lists J A McKenzie at 3117 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James A McKenzie there as the householder, a longshoreman.
Today
2260 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 25 East 6th (1988) and 3117 East 6th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKenzie J H S bldg wrecker25 East 6th, p. 186
- McKenzie Jas H S bldg wrecker25 East 6th, p. 384
- *MacKenzie J K2260 East 6th, p. 187
- MacKenzie John K formn UGG Term2260 East 6th, p. 385
- MacKenzie Margt baker Miss A G Hornall2260 East 6th, p. 385
- *McKenzie J A3117 East 6th, p. 187
- McKenzie Jas A lngshmn3117 East 6th, 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.