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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Middlers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Middler at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Middlers 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

    5925 Carnarvon Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J A Middler, a machinist at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Hamilton at 5979. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    558 East 28th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Middler, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Major at 542 and J W Kellett at 566. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    511 East 30th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E H Middler, a machinist operator at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Wooley at 575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    546 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W W Middler, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Mohan at 530 and A W Tierney at 552. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a cook, a machinist and a machinist operator. Two of them worked for Province.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Grandview-Woodland and Kerrisdale. 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 April 1930 J A Middler took out the permit to build a house at 5925 Carnarvon Street. In 1940 the directory lists J A Middler at 5925 Carnarvon 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 John A Middler there as the householder, a machinist at the Province.

In 1940 the directory lists W Middler at 558 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Middler there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists E H Middler at 511 East 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest H Middler there as the householder, a machinist operator at the Province.

In 1940 the directory lists W W Middler at 546 Salsbury Drive. The 1940 name section lists William W Middler there as the householder, a cook.

Today

5925 Carnarvon still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 558 East 28th (1978) and 511 East 30th (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 546 Salsbury Drive, 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, street section

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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.