A family name on West 28th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Miller at two addresses in 1940, all on West 28th 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
2873 West 28th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- G K Miller, a compositor at the Sun 1940
- Patricia F Miller, a clerk for Kelly Douglas 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Ewart at 2879. The block, door by door
- 2
3259 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J Miller, a janitor at Nicholson Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: J Simms at 3249 and A J Gaul at 3271. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a compositor and a janitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 G K Miller at 2873 West 28th 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 George K Miller there as the householder, a compositor at the Sun, with Patricia F Miller, a clerk for Kelly Douglas. In 1940 the directory lists J Miller at 3259 West 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Miller there as the householder, a janitor at Nicholson Ltd.
Today
2873 West 28th (1992) and 3259 West 28th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Miller G K2873 West 28th, p. 244
- Miller Geo K comp Sun2873 West 28th, p. 429
- Miller Patricia F clk Kelly Douglas2873 West 28th, p. 430
- *Miller J3259 West 28th, p. 244
- Miller John jntr Nicholson Ltd3259 West 28th, 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.