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A family name on Helmcken Street, Downtown

The Millers

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at two addresses

The directories print eight people named Miller at two addresses in 1940, all on Helmcken 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 most under one roof: seven Millers at 514 Helmcken in 1940. 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    514 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs G Miller 1940
    • Gertrude Miller, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
    • Alozius Miller, a laborer 1940
    • Emily Miller, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
    • Jacob Miller 1940
    • Marian Miller 1940
    • Michael Miller, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Owens at 506 and A Gedak at 520. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    520 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Regina Miller, widow of L 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Miller at 514 and F Smith at 538. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a laborer (2) and a maid (2). Two of them worked for St Pauls Hospital. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (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 Mrs G Miller at 514 Helmcken Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gertrude Miller there as the householder, with Alozius Miller, a laborer, Emily Miller, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital, Gertrude Miller, a maid at the St Pauls Hospital, Jacob Miller, Marian Miller, and Michael Miller, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Regina Miller at 520 Helmcken Street, widow of L.

Today

The City no longer lists 514 Helmcken and 520 Helmcken, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.