A family name on William Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The McKenzies
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McKenzie at two addresses in 1940, all on William Street, 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
1727 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M McKenzie, widow of D 1940
Next door in 1940: F Davis at 1737. The block, door by door
- 2
1854 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Margaret McKenzie, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J H Drybrough at 1848 and J G Meldrum at 1862. The block, door by door
What they did
Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M McKenzie at 1727 William Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary McKenzie there as the householder, widow of D. The 1940 name section lists Margaret McKenzie at 1854 William Street, widow of J.
Today
1727 William and 1854 William still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McKenzie Mrs M1727 William, p. 168
- McKenzie Mary wid D1727 William, p. 385
- McKenzie Margt wid J hsekpr H A R McCrimmon1854 William, 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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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.