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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Millars

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Millar at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Millars at 3186 West 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 43 other streets too, all listed on the Millar name's own page.

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Where the Millars 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

    1270 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Eva J Millar, a stenographer for Waghorn Gwynn 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 1264 and Mrs M E Harris at 1284. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1546 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Christina Millar, widow of J D 1940

    Next door in 1940: redonda apts at 1536 and Mrs K A Peters at 1558. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3186 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A Millar, widow of A 1940
    • Annie L Millar, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • James Millar, a helper at Neon Products 1940
    • Jean Millar, a packer at National Biscuit 1940
    • Margaret Millar 1940
    • Marion Millar, a packer at National Biscuit 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Scott at 3176 and C C Morrow at 3196. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a packer (2), a helper, an operator and a stenographer. Two of them worked for National Biscuit. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Eva J Millar at 1270 West 11th Avenue, a stenographer for Waghorn Gwynn. The 1940 name section lists Christina Millar at 1546 West 11th Avenue, widow of J D. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Millar at 3186 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Annie Millar there as the householder, widow of A, with Annie L Millar, an operator at the BC Telephone, James Millar, a helper at Neon Products, Jean Millar, a packer at National Biscuit, Margaret Millar, and Marion Millar, a packer at National Biscuit.

Today

1270 West 11th and 3186 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1546 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.