A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The McMillans
In the city directories 1940 · 134 addresses on 97 streets
The directories print the McMillan name at 134 addresses on 97 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings MacMillan and Macmillan. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the McMillans lived
- West End18 addresses
- Downtown16 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland10 addresses
- Mount Pleasant10 addresses
- Fairview8 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands7 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
- Kitsilano7 addresses
- West Point Grey7 addresses
- Marpole6 addresses
- Sunset6 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
- Kerrisdale5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- South Cambie3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Oakridge2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown and Marpole; eight people: Mrs M A McMillan, W C Macmillan, Edward MacMillan and five more1940
- 2West 11th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; six people: D McMillan, R D McMillan, Ethel J McMillan and three more1940
- 3Barclay StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Don L MacMillan, Joseph McMillan and Mrs Marjorie MacMillan1940
- 4Bute StreetThree addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: D C McMillan, Mrs A MacMillan and M Kathleen McMillan1940
- 5East 22nd AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: B C McMillan, J D McMillan, M R McMillan and one more1940
- 6East 6th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; four people: A C McMillan, A N McMillan, John A McMillan and one more1940
- 7Abbott StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: James MacMillan and Peter MacMillan1940
- 8Cypress StreetTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; five people: J S MacMillan, Mrs M C McMillan, Cath B MacMillan and two more1940
- 9Davie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Duncan McMillan and George McMillan1940
- 10East 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: M J McMillan, Laura E McMillan and May L McMillan1940
- 11East 48th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: W McMillan and Mrs Ethel J McMillan1940
- 12East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: John M McMillan and Malcolm MacMillan1940
85 more streets, by name: Alma Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Cotton Drive (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Pender Street (1), Elm Street (2), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Gore Avenue (1), Haro Street (2), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Holland Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hudson Street (2), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (2), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Larch Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), McGill Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Melville Street (1), Montcalm Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Odlum Drive (1), Osler Street (1), Prior Street (1), Robson Street (2), Semlin Drive (1), Thurlow Street (2), Trimble Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (2), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (2), West 2nd Avenue (2), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (2), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (2).
Today
By the City's record, of the 134 addresses, 64 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 28 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 41; each street's page names them.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.