A family name on West 38th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McKenzie at two addresses in 1940, all on West 38th Avenue, with the close spellings MacKenzie and Mackenzie. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
Southlands
- 1
3776 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R F Mackenzie, a clerk at Columbia Paper 1940
Next door in 1940: W F Murphy at 3758 and A Bloomer at 3792. The block, door by door
- 2
3802 West 38th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Olive McKenzie, widow of R 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Hattenstone at 3814. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 R F Mackenzie at 3776 West 38th 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 R Fleming Mackenzie there as the householder, a clerk at Columbia Paper. The 1940 name section lists Olive McKenzie at 3802 West 38th Avenue, widow of R.
Today
3776 West 38th (2020) and 3802 West 38th (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mackenzie R F3776 West 38th, p. 255
- Mackenzie R Fleming clk Columbia Paper3776 West 38th, p. 385
- McKenzie Olive wid R3802 West 38th, p. 385
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McKenzies
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McKenzie name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.