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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The McMillans

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named McMillan at five addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L Macmillan, a physician 1940
    • H Macmillan, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    975 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W C Macmillan, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dom Thea Barber Shop at 973 and Ziegler's Chocolate Shops at 977. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1025 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George McMillan, a logger 1940
    • John McMillan, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Stearman at 1023 and Plaza Hotel at 1029. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • McMillan (no first name printed) 1940
    • Edward MacMillan, a barber at the Pacific Athletic Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    8676 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs M A McMillan 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Grant at 8666 and Purves Serv Sta at 8696. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a logger (2) and a barber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4) and Marpole. 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 H Macmillan, a physician, at 718 Granville Street. By 1940 it is L Macmillan, a physician. In 1940 the directory lists W C Macmillan, rooms to let, at 975 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William C Macmillan there as the householder, who kept rooms to let.

The 1940 name section lists George McMillan at 1025 Granville Street, a logger, with John McMillan, a logger. The 1940 name section lists McMillan (no first name printed) at 1390 Granville Street, with Edward MacMillan, a barber at the Pacific Athletic Club. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A McMillan at 8676 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs M Agnes McMillan there as the householder.

Today

1025 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 718 Granville, 975 Granville, 1390 Granville and 8676 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 718 Granville: no archive photo of the 700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.