A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Miller at four addresses in 1940, all on Nelson 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
1021 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Miss L Miller, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N S Switzer at 1017 and M C O'Brien at 1025. The block, door by door
- 2
1110 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Don Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Hogg at 1104 and Mrs E Balan at 1112. The block, door by door
- 3
1165 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Edna Miller, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A B Stone at 1157 and Mrs E R Forbes at 1169. The block, door by door
- 4
1284 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs M Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E M Whitehead at 1270. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Miss L Miller, rooms to let, at 1021 Nelson 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Don Miller at 1110 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Edna Miller at 1165 Nelson Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Mrs M Miller at 1284 Nelson Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 1021 Nelson, 1110 Nelson, 1165 Nelson and 1284 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Miller Miss L rooms1021 Nelson, p. 118
- Miller Don1110 Nelson, p. 429
- Miller Edna - slswm Spencers1165 Nelson, p. 429
- Miller Mrs M1284 Nelson, p. 430
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.