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A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Millers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Miller at four addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue, 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: three Millers at 2027 West 5th 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

    152 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss K Miller, an apprentice at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Hamm at 148 and Mikado Club at 154. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2027 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Miller, widow of C C 1940
    • Josephine M Miller, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • Nora Miller, a saleswoman at “Waring's Geo” 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Vernon at 2021 and C M Staines at 2035. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2124 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J F Miller, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Dewar at 2114 and Miss A Vincent at 2134. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3562 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T A Miller, a sheet metal worker at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G A Edwards at 3556. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a saleswoman (2), an apprentice, a clerk and a sheet metal worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss K Miller at 152 West 5th Avenue, an apprentice at the Vancouver Hotel. Mrs M Miller is listed at 2027 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary Miller there as the householder, widow of C C, with Josephine M Miller, a saleswoman at Woodward's, and Nora Miller, a saleswoman at “Waring's Geo”.

J F Miller is listed at 2124 West 5th Avenue in 1940; 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 James F Miller there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. T A Miller is listed at 3562 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Miller there as the householder, a sheet metal worker at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works.

Today

2027 West 5th and 3562 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 152 West 5th and 2124 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

The book of the Millers

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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.