A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named McKenzie at three addresses in 1940, all on West 5th 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: three McKenzies at 2506 West 5th 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
- 1
1561 West 5th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Patricia A MacKenzie 1940
Next door in 1940: C L Reeve at 1547 and Mrs J Frith at 1563. The block, door by door
- 2
2267 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs L MacKenzie 1940
Next door in 1940: C J Headrick at 2257 and J F McGuire at 2271. The block, door by door
- 3
2506 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- H P MacKenzie, on active service 1940
- Elizabeth S McKenzie, a student 1940
- Marjorie W MacKenzie, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Howling at 2516. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Patricia A MacKenzie at 1561 West 5th Avenue. Mrs L MacKenzie is listed at 2267 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Louise MacKenzie there as the householder.
H P MacKenzie is listed at 2506 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold P MacKenzie there as the householder, on active service, with Elizabeth S McKenzie, a student, and Marjorie W MacKenzie, a student.
Today
2506 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1561 West 5th and 2267 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- MacKenzie Patricia A1561 West 5th, p. 385
- MacKenzie Mrs L2267 West 5th, p. 185
- MacKenzie Mrs Louise2267 West 5th, p. 385
- MacKenzie H P2506 West 5th, p. 185
- McKenzie Eliz S studt2506 West 5th, p. 384
- MacKenzie Harold P act serv2506 West 5th, p. 384
- MacKenzie Marjorie W studt2506 West 5th, p. 385
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.