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A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Millers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Miller at six addresses in 1940, all on East Pender 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    637 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Miller, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S H Leong at 631 and G Dades at 639. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    826 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Miller, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Polonio at 822 and 6 listings at 828. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    853 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Harold Miller 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    982 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Joseph Miller 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 976. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1552 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R P Miller, a logger 1940
  6. 6

    1763 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • P Miller, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: E M Mulhern at 1759 and B Christiansen at 1765. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a logger, a miner and a shoe repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4) and Grandview-Woodland (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 J Miller at 637 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack Miller there as the householder, a shoe repairer. In 1940 the directory lists J Miller, rooms to let, at 826 East Pender Street; 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 Harold Miller at 853 East Pender Street.

The 1940 name section lists Joseph Miller at 982 East Pender Street. R P Miller is listed at 1552 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert P Miller there as the householder, a logger.

P Miller is listed at 1763 East Pender Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Paulinus Miller there as the householder, a miner.

Today

826 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; 853 East Pender (1981) and 1763 East Pender (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 637 East Pender, 982 East Pender and 1552 East Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 637 East Pender: no archive photo of the 600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

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, street section

The book of the Millers

Every directory, as one book

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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.