A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
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 6th 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
434 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A C McMillan, a switchman at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: F D Martin at 416 and J Zimmerman at 446. The block, door by door
- 2
2198 East 6th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A N McMillan, a secretary at Harbour Towing 1940
- John A McMillan 1940
Next door in 1940: J O Wickstrom at 2188. The block, door by door
- 3
2321 East 6th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Joseph McMillan, a machinist at Hammond's 1940
Next door in 1940: S Gillen at 2311 and W P Fisher at 2331. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a machinist, a secretary and a switchman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 A C McMillan at 434 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert C McMillan there as the householder, a switchman at the CNR. In 1940 the directory lists A N McMillan at 2198 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex N McMillan there as the householder, a secretary at Harbour Towing, with John A McMillan.
The 1940 name section lists Joseph McMillan at 2321 East 6th Avenue, a machinist at Hammond's.
Today
2321 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 2198 East 6th (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 434 East 6th, so that building is 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.
- McMillan A C434 East 6th, p. 186
- McMillan Albt C swchmn CNR434 East 6th, p. 395
- McMillan A N2198 East 6th, p. 187
- McMillan Alex N sec Harbour Towing2198 East 6th, p. 395
- McMillan John A2198 East 6th, p. 396
- McMillan Jos mach Hammond's2321 East 6th, p. 396
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.