A family name on West 29th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The McMillans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named McMillan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 29th 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 most under one roof: three McMillans at 3505 West 29th in 1940. 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
Southlands
- 1
3193 West 29th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J McMillan, a machinist at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works 1940
Next door in 1940: J B Reichardt at 3181. The block, door by door
- 2
3505 West 29th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs M M McMillan, widow of G B 1940
- John D McMillan, a seaman at Kingsley Navigation 1940
- Norine McMillan, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Vigner at 3513. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a machinist, a seaman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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
In 1940 the directory lists J McMillan at 3193 West 29th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James McMillan there as the householder, a machinist at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M M McMillan at 3505 West 29th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Martha M McMillan there as the householder, widow of G B, with John D McMillan, a seaman at Kingsley Navigation, and Norine McMillan, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
3193 West 29th and 3505 West 29th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *McMillan J3193 West 29th, p. 245
- McMillan Jas mach Reliance Motor & Mach Wks3193 West 29th, p. 396
- *McMillan Mrs M M3505 West 29th, p. 245
- McMillan John D seamn Kingsley Nav3505 West 29th, p. 396
- McMillan Martha M wid G B3505 West 29th, p. 396
- McMillan Norine sten BCER3505 West 29th, p. 396
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the McMillans
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.