A family name on West 42nd Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McKenzie at two addresses in 1940, all on West 42nd 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
- 1
2646 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H MacKenzie, a salesman at H S Banbury & Co 1940
- Kath A McKenzie 1940
Next door in 1940: R Guy at 2656. The block, door by door
- 2
3522 West 42nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Helen McKenzie, a domestic for D Verchere 1940
Next door in 1940: P J B Collins at 3514 and A E Sparling at 3530. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a domestic and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale. 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 H MacKenzie at 2646 West 42nd 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 Hector MacKenzie there as the householder, a salesman at H S Banbury & Co, with Kath A McKenzie. The 1940 name section lists Helen McKenzie at 3522 West 42nd Avenue, a domestic for D Verchere.
Today
2646 West 42nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 3522 West 42nd (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacKenzie H2646 West 42nd, p. 259
- MacKenzie Hector slsmn H S Banbury & Co2646 West 42nd, p. 384
- McKenzie Kath A2646 West 42nd, p. 385
- McKenzie Helen dom D Verchere3522 West 42nd, p. 384
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.