A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West Broadway, 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
1876 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- J F McMillan, a shipper at Gerrard Co 1940
Next door in 1940: C R Bennett at 1846 and ventura (the) at 1886. The block, door by door
- 2
3431 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs G McMillan, widow of A 1940
- Jack L McMillan, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: Murray Bros at 3425. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 F McMillan at 1876 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John F McMillan there as the householder, a shipper at Gerrard Co. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G McMillan at 3431 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Georgia McMillan there as the householder, widow of A, with Jack L McMillan, a student at UBC.
Today
1876 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3431 West Broadway, 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.
- McMillan J F1876 West Broadway, p. 18
- McMillan John F shpr Gerrard Co1876 West Broadway, p. 396
- McMillan Mrs G3431 West Broadway, p. 19
- McMillan Georgia wid A3431 West Broadway, p. 396
- McMillan Jack L studt UBC3431 West Broadway, p. 396
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.