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A family name on Oxford Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland

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 Oxford 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2231 Oxford Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D R McKenzie, an engineer at McKenzie Barge & Derrick 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Warner at 2223 and Miss M L Woollacott at 2239. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2243 Oxford Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H B McKenzie, a laborer at McKenzie Barge & Derrick 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M L Woollacott at 2239 and Mrs E M McKenzie at 2247. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2247 Oxford Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs E M McKenzie 1940
    • George A McKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Baker at 2243 and C E Loften at 2253. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2616 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • K MacKenzie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Christie at 2606 and R Shaw at 2618. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3539 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C B MacKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Wilson at 3545. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an engineer and a laborer. Two of them worked for McKenzie Barge & Derrick.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 D R McKenzie at 2231 Oxford Street; 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 Daniel R McKenzie there as the householder, an engineer at McKenzie Barge & Derrick. In 1940 the directory lists H B McKenzie at 2243 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh B McKenzie there, a laborer at McKenzie Barge & Derrick.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E M McKenzie at 2247 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ella M McKenzie there as the householder, with George A McKenzie. In 1940 the directory lists K MacKenzie at 2616 Oxford Street. The 1940 name section lists Kaneth MacKenzie there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists C B MacKenzie at 3539 Oxford Street.

Today

2231 Oxford, 2243 Oxford, 2616 Oxford and 3539 Oxford still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2247 Oxford, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.