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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at ten addresses

The directories print 15 people named McKenzie at ten addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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 most under one roof: four McKenzies at 4154 West 12th in 1940. 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

    151 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • K E Mackenzie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Graham at 153. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1020 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ken W McKenzie, a warehouseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ralston at 1016 and H Brown at 1026. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1456 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Gertrude E MacKenzie, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: st claire apts at 1446 and J G Shubb at 1470. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1507 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E A McKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cosy Nook Cafe at 1509. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1568 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D A MacKenzie, a watchman at Pacific Meat 1940
    • Malcolm M MacKenzie, a mechanic for C L McEwen 1940

    Next door in 1940: casablanca apts at 1556. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3505 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C E MacKenzie, a refrigeration serviceman at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Stewart at 3511. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3665 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Helen M McKenzie 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A McInnis at 3655 and W E G Thomson at 3673. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4028 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A MacKenzie, retired 1940
    • Maisie MacKenzie, a stenographer at Employers Liability Assce 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Denholm at 4022 and E A Dunn at 4036. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4154 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • K Mackenzie, a building contractor 1940
    • Don M Mackenzie, a hauling contractor 1940
    • Effie M Mackenzie, an operator at Gault Bros 1940
    • Isabella E Mackenzie, a stenographer at Shores 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Maynard at 4144 and R S Risk at 4158. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    4586 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • William McKenzie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Dunbar at 4576 and V S Gostling at 4590. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 15: a stenographer (2), a building contractor, a clerk, a hauling contractor, a mechanic and an operator, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), West Point Grey (3), 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

In 1940 the directory lists K E Mackenzie at 151 West 12th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken E Mackenzie there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Ken W McKenzie at 1020 West 12th Avenue, a warehouseman. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude E MacKenzie at 1456 West 12th Avenue, a clerk at Imperial Oil.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E A McKenzie at 1507 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Erie A McKenzie there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists D A MacKenzie at 1568 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Daniel A MacKenzie there as the householder, a watchman at Pacific Meat, with Malcolm M MacKenzie, a mechanic for C L McEwen.

In 1940 the directory lists C E MacKenzie at 3505 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles E MacKenzie there as the householder, a refrigeration serviceman at M-W Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Helen M McKenzie at 3665 West 12th Avenue.

A MacKenzie is listed at 4028 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex MacKenzie there as the householder, retired, with Maisie MacKenzie, a stenographer at Employers Liability Assce. K Mackenzie, a building contractor, is listed at 4154 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken Mackenzie there, a building contractor, with Don M Mackenzie, a hauling contractor, Effie M Mackenzie, an operator at Gault Bros, and Isabella E Mackenzie, a stenographer at Shores.

The 1940 name section lists William McKenzie at 4586 West 12th Avenue, retired.

Today

1507 West 12th, 4028 West 12th, 4154 West 12th and 4586 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1020 West 12th (1959), 1568 West 12th (1981) and 3505 West 12th (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 151 West 12th, 1456 West 12th and 3665 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 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.