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A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named McKenzie at four addresses in 1940, all on East 7th 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 144 East 7th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    33 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Mackenzie, a transfer 1940
    • Colin R Mackenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bartus at 43. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    101 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Charlotte B McKenzie, a saleswoman 1940
    • L MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    144 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M C McKenzie, widow of J 1940
    • J S Sherman McKenzie 1940
    • Myrtle A McKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Thomson at 134 and ccf club at 154. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1804 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A McKenzie, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J W Melvin at 1810. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a saleswoman (2), a clerk and a transfer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mackenzie, a transfer, at 33 East 7th 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 John Mackenzie there, a transfer, with Colin R Mackenzie. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte B McKenzie at 101 East 7th Avenue, a saleswoman, with L MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

Mrs M C McKenzie is listed at 144 East 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Martha C McKenzie there as the householder, widow of J, with J S Sherman McKenzie and Myrtle A McKenzie. A McKenzie is listed at 1804 East 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex McKenzie there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

Today

101 East 7th and 1804 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 101 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 33 East 7th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 144 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.