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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 10th 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 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

    101 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Alex McKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Robinson at 111. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss F R McKenzie 1940
    • Flora R Mackenzie, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1155 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Christine Mackenzie, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: H V Rankin at 1137 and Mrs E M Lloyd at 1165. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2355 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A McKenzie, of McKenzie & McWilliam 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hobson at 2349 and P G Gray at 2365. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3024 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

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

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A Fyfe at 3014 and T Silcox at 3034. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an engineer and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Alex McKenzie at 101 West 10th Avenue. Miss F R McKenzie is listed at 1009 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Flora R Mackenzie there as the householder, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Christine Mackenzie at 1155 West 10th Avenue, widow of F.

In 1940 the directory lists A McKenzie at 2355 West 10th 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 lists Alex McKenzie there as the householder, of McKenzie & McWilliam. In 1940 the directory lists R E McKenzie at 3024 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ross E McKenzie there as the householder, an engineer at McKenzie Barge & Derrick.

Today

1009 West 10th, 2355 West 10th and 3024 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1009 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1155 West 10th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 101 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.