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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The McMillans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named McMillan at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    356 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Ethel J McMillan, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr G E Duncan at 336. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1385 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D McMillan, a caretaker at the Pasadena Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Saba at 1377. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1596 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Ethel M MacMillan 1940
  4. 4

    1696 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss K MacMillan 1940
    • Kath MacMillan, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Marshall at 1686. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4509 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R D McMillan, a department manager at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W O'Brien at 4513. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a caretaker, a department manager and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Ethel J McMillan at 356 West 11th Avenue, widow of R. D McMillan is listed at 1385 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Dan McMillan there as the householder, a caretaker at the Pasadena Apartments. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel M MacMillan at 1596 West 11th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss K MacMillan at 1696 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Kath MacMillan there as the householder, a nurse. In 1940 the directory lists R D McMillan at 4509 West 11th 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 lists Robert D McMillan there as the householder, a department manager at M-W Ltd.

Today

356 West 11th, 1385 West 11th and 1696 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946, 356 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4509 West 11th (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1596 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the McMillans

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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.