A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Milholms
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Milholm 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 Milholms lived
- 1
1967 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- L Brand Milholm, proprietor of Rainbow Cabs 1940
Next door in 1940: H O Kirkham at 1949. The block, door by door
- 2
2519 East 29th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- R M Milholm, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Ritchie at 2523. The block, door by door
- 3
4847 Sophia Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Joseph Milholm, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K Napier at 4843 and E A Willey at 4871. The block, door by door
- 4
4918 Walden Street
Riley Park, 1940
- J C Milholm, a warehouseman at Terminal Cartage 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Forsyth at 4930. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a motorman, a proprietor and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists L Brand Milholm at 1967 Barclay Street, proprietor of Rainbow Cabs. R M Milholm is listed at 2519 East 29th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert M Milholm there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Milholm at 4847 Sophia Street, retired.
In 1940 the directory lists J C Milholm at 4918 Walden 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 lists Joseph C Milholm there as the householder, a warehouseman at Terminal Cartage.
Today
4847 Sophia and 4918 Walden still have their buildings from before 1946; 1967 Barclay (1985) and 2519 East 29th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Milholm L Brand prop Rainbow Cabs1967 Barclay, p. 428
- Milholm R M2519 East 29th, p. 245
- Milholm Robt M mtrmn BCER2519 East 29th, p. 428
- Milholm Jos retired4847 Sophia, p. 428
- *Milholm J C4918 Walden, p. 164
- Milholm Jos C whsmn Term Ctge4918 Walden, p. 428
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Milholms
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Milholm 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.