A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Miller at three addresses in 1940, all on East 7th 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
611 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Miller, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door
- 2
702 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Miller, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: P F Sheehan at 710. The block, door by door
- 3
2671 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W G Miller, a shingler 1940
Next door in 1940: J Andrew at 2663 and W H Mattinson at 2675. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, an engineer and a shingler.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 J Miller at 611 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jacob Miller there as the householder, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists J Miller at 702 East 7th 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 lists James Miller there as the householder, an engineer.
In 1940 the directory lists W G Miller at 2671 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter G Miller there as the householder, a shingler.
Today
611 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2671 East 7th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 702 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Miller J611 East 7th, p. 190
- Miller Jacob clk HBC611 East 7th, p. 430
- *Miller J702 East 7th, p. 190
- Miller Jas eng702 East 7th, p. 430
- *Miller W G2671 East 7th, p. 190
- Miller Walter G shingler2671 East 7th, p. 430
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.