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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mielkes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Mielke at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Mielkes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    334 East 56th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Mielke, proprietor of M & M Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Asher at 326 and M Campbell at 340. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss M Mielke, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    74 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gus Milke, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fred's Lunch at 72 and Ray Bros Tailoring at 80. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a longshoreman, a maid and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Sunset. 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 Mielke at 334 East 56th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jake Mielke there as the householder, proprietor of M & M Cartage. The 1940 name section lists Miss M Mielke at 900 West Georgia Street, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Gus Milke at 74 West Hastings Street, a longshoreman.

Today

900 West Georgia and 74 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 900 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 334 East 56th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Mielkes

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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.