A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named McKenzie at three addresses in 1940, all on East Pender Street, 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
927 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Charles E McKenzie 1940
Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 923 and M Sokolich at 931. The block, door by door
- 2
2490 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- John McKenzie, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: J A MacDonald at 2476 and G Roy at 2496. The block, door by door
- 3
3541 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs M McKenzie 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Bennett at 3535 and J H Lowery at 3555. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Strathcona. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E McKenzie at 927 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists John McKenzie at 2490 East Pender Street, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McKenzie at 3541 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs May McKenzie there as the householder.
Today
3541 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2490 East Pender (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 927 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKenzie Chas E927 East Pender, p. 384
- McKenzie John pntr2490 East Pender, p. 385
- McKenzie Mrs M3541 East Pender, p. 128
- McKenzie Mrs May3541 East Pender, p. 385
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.