A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named McKenzie at four addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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
- 1
755 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Dan McKenzie, proprietor of Heights Dairy Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Richards at 745 and Genl Barber Shop at 763. The block, door by door
- 2
1465 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- N McKenzie, a baker at Canadian Wind Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: H Hum at 1461 and Miss U Takemura at 1467. The block, door by door
- 3
1915 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs C McKenzie, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: F H Burleigh at 1901 and J Spanier at 1925. The block, door by door
- 4
2870 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- G G McKenzie 1940
Next door in 1940: Realty Broadway at 2842 and S M Scott at 2882. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a baker and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Dan McKenzie at 755 West Broadway, proprietor of Heights Dairy Lunch. N McKenzie is listed at 1465 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman McKenzie there as the householder, a baker at Canadian Wind Bakeries.
Mrs C McKenzie is listed at 1915 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cora McKenzie there as the householder, a widow. G G McKenzie is listed at 2870 West Broadway in 1940.
Today
1915 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 755 West Broadway, 1465 West Broadway and 2870 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKenzie Dan prop Heights Dairy Lunch755 West Broadway, p. 384
- McKenzie N1465 West Broadway, p. 17
- McKenzie Norman baker Can Wind Bkries1465 West Broadway, p. 385
- McKenzie Mrs C1915 West Broadway, p. 18
- McKenzie Cora wid —1915 West Broadway, p. 384
- McKenzie G G2870 West Broadway, p. 19
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the McKenzies
Every directory, as one book
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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.