A family name on Hudson Street, Marpole, Shaughnessy and Oakridge
The McMillans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named McMillan at two addresses in 1940, all on Hudson Street, with the close spellings MacMillan and Macmillan. 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 96 other streets too, all listed on the McMillan name's own page.
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Where the McMillans lived
- 1
3741 Hudson Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- H R MacMillan, a president at H R MacMillan Export 1940
- Jean G MacMillan 1940
- 2
7907 Hudson Street
Marpole, 1940
- D MacMillan, a route foreman at Guernsey Breeders' Dairy 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Matthews at 7921. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a route foreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole and Shaughnessy. 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 R MacMillan at 3741 Hudson Street; 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 H Reginald MacMillan there as the householder, a president at H R MacMillan Export, with Jean G MacMillan. In 1940 the directory lists D MacMillan at 7907 Hudson Street. The 1940 name section lists Duncan MacMillan there as the householder, a route foreman at Guernsey Breeders' Dairy.
Today
7907 Hudson (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3741 Hudson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *MacMillan H R3741 Hudson, p. 89
- MacMillan H Regd pres H R MacMillan Export3741 Hudson, p. 396
- MacMillan Jean G3741 Hudson, p. 396
- MacMillan D7907 Hudson, p. 89
- MacMillan Duncan route formn Guernsey Breeders' Dairy7907 Hudson, 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.