A family name on Graveley Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Miller at two addresses in 1940, all on Graveley Street, with the close spelling Millier. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1942 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J C Miller, an inspector at Federal Meat Inspection Division 1940
Next door in 1940: P F Frezell at 1936 and W J Fraser at 1950. The block, door by door
- 2
2331 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J J Miller, a secretary at J J Miller Ltd 1940
- Alex A Miller, proprietor of Miller Products 1940
Next door in 1940: J B Hamilton at 2323 and W Seidelman at 2335. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an inspector, a proprietor and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J C Miller at 1942 Graveley Street, an inspector at Federal Meat Inspection Division. J J Miller is listed at 2331 Graveley Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John J Miller there as the householder, a secretary at J J Miller Ltd, with Alex A Miller, proprietor of Miller Products.
Today
1942 Graveley and 2331 Graveley still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Miller J C inspr Federal Meat Insp Div1942 Graveley, p. 430
- Miller J J2331 Graveley, p. 69
- Miller Alex A prop Miller Prod2331 Graveley, p. 429
- Miller John J sec J J Miller Ltd2331 Graveley, p. 430
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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Another name, or a house
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.