A family name on Homer Street, Downtown
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 Homer 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
317 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Frank Miller 1940
- Walter Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: Apple Vendors Co-op at 319. The block, door by door
- 2
514 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Milton A Miller, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Maple Leaf Serv at 518. The block, door by door
- 3
689 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs H Miller, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: R McKay at 687 and H A Dean at 691. The block, door by door
- 4
1017 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Edward J Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: W Lockhart at 1011 and Mrs L Rouse at 1019. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Miller at 317 Homer Street, with Walter Miller. The 1940 name section lists Milton A Miller at 514 Homer Street, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Miller at 689 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Harriet Miller there as the householder, widow of J.
The 1940 name section lists Edward J Miller at 1017 Homer Street.
Today
514 Homer still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 317 Homer, 689 Homer and 1017 Homer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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.