A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Miller at five addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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
123 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- A J Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door
- 2
176 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- Joseph Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: Pool Room Powell at 172. The block, door by door
- 3
810 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- James Miller, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Canada Net & Twine at 808 and Powell Mach & Elec at 842. The block, door by door
- 4
1162 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- F W Miller, a deckhand 1940
Next door in 1940: Y Kondo at 1158 and Y Yamashita at 1166. The block, door by door
- 5
1547 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Minnie Miller, widow of C 1940
Next door in 1940: Atlas Sht Mtl Wks at 1545 and B C Shut-Ins Soc at 1549. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a deckhand. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Strathcona (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 A J Miller at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Miller at 176 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists James Miller at 810 Powell Street, retired.
F W Miller is listed at 1162 Powell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank W Miller there as the householder, a deckhand. The 1940 name section lists Minnie Miller at 1547 Powell Street, widow of C.
Today
The City no longer lists 123 Powell, 176 Powell, 810 Powell, 1162 Powell and 1547 Powell, 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.
- Miller A J123 Powell, p. 429
- Miller Jos176 Powell, p. 430
- Miller Jas retired810 Powell, p. 430
- Miller F W1162 Powell, p. 135
- Miller Frank W deckhd Border Line Trans1162 Powell, p. 429
- Miller Minnie wid C1547 Powell, 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
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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.