A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mihiloffs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Mihiloff at one address, 1637 West 5th Avenue in Fairview, in 1940.
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The Mihiloffs at home
- 1
1637 West 5th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs E Mihiloff, widow of M M 1940
- Helen Mihiloff, an apprentice at Continental Upholstery 1940
- Leonard Mihiloff, an upholsterer 1940
Next door in 1940: D B Drexel at 1625 and Mrs M Cosgrave at 1643. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an apprentice and an upholsterer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Fairview. 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 Mrs E Mihiloff at 1637 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E Mihiloff there as the householder, widow of M M, with Helen Mihiloff, an apprentice at Continental Upholstery, and Leonard Mihiloff, an upholsterer.
Today
1637 West 5th (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mihiloff Mrs E1637 West 5th, p. 184
- Mihiloff E wid M M1637 West 5th, p. 428
- Mihiloff Helen appr Contl Uphol1637 West 5th, p. 428
- Mihiloff Leonard uphol1637 West 5th, p. 428
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mihiloffs
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.