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A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown

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 Thurlow 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

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alice MacKenzie, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1038 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • MacK MacKenzie, a police officer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E McBride at 1034 and K Sturgeon at 1078. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1161 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • D Mackenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Pearse at 1157. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a police officer and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3). 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 Alice MacKenzie at 784 Thurlow Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's. MacK MacKenzie is listed at 1038 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists MacKay MacKenzie there as the householder, a police officer at the CPR.

D Mackenzie is listed at 1161 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Don Mackenzie there as the householder.

Today

784 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1038 Thurlow and 1161 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.