A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, 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 Georgia Street, 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
1365 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- John Miller, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: W Monych at 1355. The block, door by door
- 2
2766 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C A Miller, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: H Kirk at 2756 and W J Hammond at 2776. The block, door by door
- 3
2896 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C C Miller, a driver at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Hourston at 2888. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a carpenter, a driver and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 John Miller at 1365 East Georgia Street, a carpenter. C A Miller is listed at 2766 East Georgia Street 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 Cecil A Miller there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries.
C C Miller is listed at 2896 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence C Miller there as the householder, a driver at Macdonalds Consolidated.
Today
2896 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 2766 East Georgia (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1365 East Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Miller John carp1365 East Georgia, p. 430
- *Miller C A2766 East Georgia, p. 56
- Miller Cecil A slsmn Can Bkries2766 East Georgia, p. 429
- *Miller C C2896 East Georgia, p. 56
- Miller Clarence C drvr Macdonalds Consol2896 East Georgia, p. 429
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.