A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 6th 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
1584 West 6th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs A McKenzie, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Nadeau at 1574 and C C Dodd at 1598. The block, door by door
- 2
2084 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- H M MacKenzie, retired 1940
- W Hector MacKenzie, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Price at 2078. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs A McKenzie at 1584 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alice McKenzie there as the householder, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists H M MacKenzie at 2084 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hector M MacKenzie there as the householder, retired, with W Hector MacKenzie, a school teacher.
Today
2084 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1584 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKenzie Mrs A1584 West 6th, p. 188
- McKenzie Alice wid J1584 West 6th, p. 383
- MacKenzie H M2084 West 6th, p. 188
- MacKenzie Hector M retired2084 West 6th, p. 384
- MacKenzie W Hector sch tchr Van City2084 West 6th, 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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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.