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A family name on Main Street, Riley Park, Strathcona, Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Sunset

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named McKenzie at five addresses in 1940, all on Main 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

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

    645 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs Pearl V MacKenzie, a housekeeper at the Main Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F Fujino at 641. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1825 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • K McKenzie, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Spraickman at 1823 and Dealer Fair at 1837. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2650 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E J MacKenzie, a salesman 1940
    • Hector E MacKenzie, a rivetter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R Epolitoff at 2648 and T Kawata at 2652. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4128 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S C MacKenzie, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brayne & Clarke at 4124 and Quality Shoe Store at 4132. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4330 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • John McKenzie, a heater at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Tewnion at 4328 and A Cunningham at 4332. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter, a heater, a housekeeper, a mechanic, a rivetter and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Riley Park (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 Mrs Pearl V MacKenzie at 645 Main Street, a housekeeper at the Main Hotel. K McKenzie is listed at 1825 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ken McKenzie there as the householder, a carpenter.

E J MacKenzie is listed at 2650 Main Street in 1940; 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 Ewart J MacKenzie there as the householder, a salesman, with Hector E MacKenzie, a rivetter. S C MacKenzie is listed at 4128 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan C MacKenzie there as the householder, a mechanic.

The 1940 name section lists John McKenzie at 4330 Main Street, a heater at the Burrard Dry Dock.

Today

4128 Main and 4330 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 645 Main, 1825 Main and 2650 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards
March 1940 Streetcars on Main Street, past a row of billboards. Not at the house at 2650 Main: no archive photo of the 2600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 136-513. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the McKenzies

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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.