A family name on West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Miller at two addresses in 1940, all on West 1st Avenue, with the close spelling Millier. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
3328 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W S Miller, a salesman at Pemberton Realty 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M H Irvine at 3322 and C J Dill at 3350. The block, door by door
- 2
4570 West 1st Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- H E Miller, a 2nd steward at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940
Next door in 1940: E N R Elliott at 4564 and H W Fowler at 4580. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 W S Miller at 3328 West 1st Avenue; 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 W Sid Miller there as the householder, a salesman at Pemberton Realty. In 1940 the directory lists H E Miller at 4570 West 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Miller there as the householder, a 2nd steward at the BC Coast Steamship Service.
Today
3328 West 1st and 4570 West 1st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Miller W S3328 West 1st, p. 174
- Miller W Sid slsmn Pemberton Realty3328 West 1st, p. 430
- *Miller H E4570 West 1st, p. 174
- Miller Harold E 2nd steward BCCSS4570 West 1st, p. 429
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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Another name, or a house
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.