A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The McMillans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named McMillan at three addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue, with the close spellings MacMillan and Macmillan. 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 96 other streets too, all listed on the McMillan name's own page.
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Where the McMillans lived
- 1
232 East 22nd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J D McMillan, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: E G Gill at 200 and A Ross at 240. The block, door by door
- 2
816 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- M R McMillan, a machinist 1940
Next door in 1940: A W Knott at 810 and F Carvelli at 822. The block, door by door
- 3
1444 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- B C McMillan, a salesman 1940
- Eleanor McMillan, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Griffiths at 1440 and C H Baldwin at 1448. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an employee, a machinist and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. 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 J D McMillan at 232 East 22nd 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 John D McMillan there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists M R McMillan at 816 East 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists M Roy McMillan there as the householder, a machinist.
In 1940 the directory lists B C McMillan at 1444 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Brock C McMillan there as the householder, a salesman, with Eleanor McMillan, widow of A.
Today
232 East 22nd and 816 East 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 232 East 22nd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1444 East 22nd (1949) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McMillan J D232 East 22nd, p. 234
- McMillan John D emp BC Tel232 East 22nd, p. 396
- *McMillan M R816 East 22nd, p. 234
- McMillan M Roy mach816 East 22nd, p. 396
- McMillan B C1444 East 22nd, p. 234
- McMillan Brock C slsmn1444 East 22nd, p. 395
- McMillan Eleanor wid A1444 East 22nd, p. 395
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McMillans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McMillan 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.