A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview
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 Victoria Drive, 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
225 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Norman Miller 1940
Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 229. The block, door by door
- 2
1090 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Lorna C Miller, a matron at the Grandview Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr T H Agnew at 1020. The block, door by door
- 3
2685 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C D Miller, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: T Adamson at 2643. The block, door by door
- 4
5137 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G Miller, a baker 1940
Next door in 1940: L Heyworth at 5105 and Smith's Furn Mkt at 5139. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a longshoreman and a matron.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman Miller at 225 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Lorna C Miller at 1090 Victoria Drive, a matron at the Grandview Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists C D Miller at 2685 Victoria Drive; 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 lists Charles D Miller there as the householder, a longshoreman.
In 1940 the directory lists G Miller, a baker, at 5137 Victoria Drive.
Today
1090 Victoria Drive and 5137 Victoria Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 225 Victoria Drive and 2685 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Miller Norman225 Victoria Drive, p. 430
- Miller Lorna C matron Grandview Hosp1090 Victoria Drive, p. 430
- *Miller C D2685 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- Miller Chas D lngshmn2685 Victoria Drive, p. 429
- Miller G baker5137 Victoria Drive, p. 162
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.