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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The McKenzies

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named McKenzie at six addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    368 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W MacKenzie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zager at 350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1595 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H A MacKenzie, a shipper at Canadian Canners 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Walters at 1583. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1753 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss A MacKenzie 1940
    • Alice MacKenzie, a decorator at Rollin Pin Bake Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P Walsh at 1751 and W A Charles at 1757. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1936 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C MacKenzie, a driver at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: S McDonald at 1932 and P L Yardley at 1944. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3011 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • V C McKenzie, a salesman at Swifts 1940
    • Dorothy H McKenzie, a waitress at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Whitty at 3007 and Mrs R M Daniels at 3015. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4460 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D MacKenzie, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M N Nurding at 4454 and T H Hartford at 4474. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a decorator, a driver, a salesman, a shipper and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 W MacKenzie at 368 West 7th 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 William MacKenzie there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists H A MacKenzie at 1595 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold A MacKenzie there as the householder, a shipper at Canadian Canners.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss A MacKenzie at 1753 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alice MacKenzie there as the householder, a decorator at Rollin Pin Bake Shop. In 1940 the directory lists C MacKenzie at 1936 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles MacKenzie there as the householder, a driver at the Liquor Control Board.

In 1940 the directory lists V C McKenzie at 3011 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Victor C McKenzie there as the householder, a salesman at Swifts, with Dorothy H McKenzie, a waitress at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists D MacKenzie at 4460 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don MacKenzie there as the householder, a cashier at the CPR, with Doug M MacKenzie, a student.

Today

3011 West 7th and 4460 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 368 West 7th, 1595 West 7th, 1753 West 7th and 1936 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.