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A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown

The Millers

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at six addresses

The directories print twelve people named Miller at six addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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 most under one roof: four Millers at 1148 Thurlow 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

    676 Thurlow Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward Miller, a mechanic for F H Yeomans 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Simpson at 642. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    807 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Evald S Miller, a patrolman at Citizens Night Patrol 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Burton at 811. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    885 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss A Miller 1940
    • Annie Miller, a seamstress at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: 21 listings at 859. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1077 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Edward Miller 1940
    • Mildred Miller 1940
    • Rose Miller 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Greenaway at 1069 and A Jackson at 1079. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1148 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • J H Miller 1940
    • Esther E Miller 1940
    • George A Miller, a student 1940
    • Mrs Virginia Miller, an operator at Gibberd & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1243 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • I Miller, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J R Davidson at 1221. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the twelve: a mechanic, an operator, a patrolman, a salesman and a seamstress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5) and Downtown. 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 Edward Miller at 676 Thurlow Street, a mechanic for F H Yeomans. The 1940 name section lists Evald S Miller at 807 Thurlow Street, a patrolman at Citizens Night Patrol. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A Miller at 885 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Annie Miller there as the householder, a seamstress at Spencer's.

The 1940 name section lists Edward Miller at 1077 Thurlow Street, with Mildred Miller and Rose Miller. J H Miller is listed at 1148 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H Miller there as the householder, with Esther E Miller, George A Miller, a student, and Mrs Virginia Miller, an operator at Gibberd & Son.

I Miller is listed at 1243 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Isaac Miller there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

1243 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 676 Thurlow, 807 Thurlow, 885 Thurlow, 1077 Thurlow and 1148 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.