A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
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 Granville 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
718 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Dr Dorothy Miller, a physician 1940
- W Miller, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door
- 2
871 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Kathleen Miller, an operator at Merchants Towel & Linen 1940
Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door
- 3
936 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- William J Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: Ladies My at 932 and New Palace Cafe at 938. The block, door by door
- 4
1018 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miller (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 W Miller, a dentist, at 718 Granville Street. By 1940 it is Dr Dorothy Miller, a physician. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Kathleen Miller at 871 Granville Street, an operator at Merchants Towel & Linen. The 1940 name section lists William J Miller at 936 Granville Street.
The 1940 name section lists Miller (no first name printed) at 1018 Granville Street.
Today
936 Granville and 1018 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 718 Granville and 871 Granville, so those buildings are 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 Dr Dorothy phys718 Granville, p. 64
- Miller W dentist718 Granville, p. 64
- Miller Mrs Kathleen opr Merchants Towel & Linen871 Granville, p. 430
- Miller Wm J936 Granville, p. 431
- Miller —1018 Granville, p. 429
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.