A family name on East 12th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Miller at four addresses in 1940, all on East 12th Avenue, with the close spelling Millier. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 159 other streets too, all listed on the Miller name's own page.
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Where the Millers lived
- 1
525 East 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- C N Miller, a bookkeeper at Buckerfields 1940
Next door in 1940: O S Horton at 523 and J S Ruddick at 547. The block, door by door
- 2
1222 East 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Andrew Miller, who worked for W Mitchell 1940
Next door in 1940: R E Edge at 1210 and P L Leslie at 1234. The block, door by door
- 3
1466 East 12th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G Miller, a clerk at Nelsons Laundries 1940
Next door in 1940: F H Jones at 1456 and D B Campbell at 1470. The block, door by door
- 4
1976 East 12th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Miller, a president at Fruit-O-Wheat 1940
- Kate Miller, a waitress at the Grosvenor Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E F Helmling at 1964. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a bookkeeper, a clerk, an employee, a president and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Mount Pleasant (2). 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 C N Miller at 525 East 12th Avenue; 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 Clif N Miller there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Buckerfields. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Miller at 1222 East 12th Avenue, who worked for W Mitchell.
G Miller is listed at 1466 East 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Miller there as the householder, a clerk at Nelsons Laundries. W Miller is listed at 1976 East 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Miller there as the householder, a president at Fruit-O-Wheat, with Kate Miller, a waitress at the Grosvenor Hotel.
Today
525 East 12th, 1222 East 12th and 1976 East 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 525 East 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; for 1466 East 12th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Miller C N525 East 12th, p. 206
- Miller Clif N bkpr Buckerfields525 East 12th, p. 429
- Miller Andw emp W Mitchell1222 East 12th, p. 429
- *Miller G1466 East 12th, p. 206
- Miller Geo clk Nelsons Lndries1466 East 12th, p. 429
- *Miller W1976 East 12th, p. 207
- Miller Kate waitress Grosvenor Hotel1976 East 12th, p. 430
- Miller Walter pres Fruit-O-Wheat1976 East 12th, p. 430
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Millers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Miller 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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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.