A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The McMillans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named McMillan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, 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
1224 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Margaret McMillan, widow of W B 1940
Next door in 1940: B S Thompson at 1200 and Mrs M A Miller at 1234. The block, door by door
- 2
1625 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J L MacMillan, a route supervisor at Jersey Farms 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Turner at 1601 and Mrs C Gill at 1635. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a route supervisor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Margaret McMillan at 1224 West 10th Avenue, widow of W B. J L MacMillan is listed at 1625 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James L MacMillan there as the householder, a route supervisor at Jersey Farms.
Today
The City no longer lists 1224 West 10th and 1625 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- McMillan Margt wid W B cash J B McLeod1224 West 10th, p. 396
- MacMillan J L1625 West 10th, p. 200
- MacMillan Jas L route supvr Jersey Farms1625 West 10th, p. 396
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.