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A family name on East 57th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview

The Millers

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at three addresses

The directories print nine people named Miller at three addresses in 1940, all on East 57th 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 most under one roof: four Millers at 441 East 57th in 1940. 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

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

    415 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Everett E Miller, an apprentice at Campbell Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Ross at 419. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    441 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J P Miller, a laborer 1940
    • Cora Miller 1940
    • Ida Miller, a laundress at Nelsons Laundries 1940
    • Norman Miller, a clerk at Gault Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Ross at 419 and E H Cullen at 463. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    475 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • L Miller, a helper at Fraser Bridge Lumber 1940
    • Edna M Miller, a cook 1940
    • Haldina M Miller 1940
    • Wilfred L Miller, a millworker at Pacific Wood Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Cullen at 463. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: an apprentice, a clerk, a cook, a helper, a laborer and a laundress, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3). 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 Everett E Miller at 415 East 57th Avenue, an apprentice at Campbell Motors. J P Miller is listed at 441 East 57th Avenue in 1940; 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 Jacob P Miller there as the householder, a laborer, with Cora Miller, Ida Miller, a laundress at Nelsons Laundries, and Norman Miller, a clerk at Gault Bros.

L Miller is listed at 475 East 57th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ludwig Miller there as the householder, a helper at Fraser Bridge Lumber, with Edna M Miller, a cook, Haldina M Miller, and Wilfred L Miller, a millworker at Pacific Wood Products.

Today

415 East 57th (1969) and 475 East 57th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 441 East 57th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.