A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses
The directories print seven people named Miller at five addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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 2465 West 6th 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
- 1
404 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Florence Miller, an operator at Empire Cleaners 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Bertelsen at 408. The block, door by door
- 2
2000 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G C L Miller, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: J Doyle at 2068. The block, door by door
- 3
2405 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Margaret J Miller, widow of I S 1940
Next door in 1940: D L Flett at 2415. The block, door by door
- 4
2465 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- B W Miller, a salesman at Administration & Trust 1940
- Donovan F Miller, a clerk at H Bell-Irving 1940
- Dorothy W Miller, a stenographer at Macrae Duncan & Clyne 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Robertson at 2455 and T Fox-Decent at 2475. The block, door by door
- 5
2526 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- C A Miller, proprietor of Fourth Avenue Heating & Plumbing 1940
Next door in 1940: T W Tooms at 2516 and P Bentley at 2536. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a clerk, an engineer, an operator, a proprietor, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) 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 Florence Miller at 404 West 6th Avenue, an operator at Empire Cleaners. G C L Miller is listed at 2000 West 6th 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 George C L Miller there as the householder, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Margaret J Miller at 2405 West 6th Avenue, widow of I S.
In 1940 the directory lists B W Miller at 2465 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bernard W Miller there as the householder, a salesman at Administration & Trust, with Donovan F Miller, a clerk at H Bell-Irving, and Dorothy W Miller, a stenographer at Macrae Duncan & Clyne. In 1940 the directory lists C A Miller at 2526 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists C Arnold Miller there as the householder, proprietor of Fourth Avenue Heating & Plumbing.
Today
2405 West 6th, 2465 West 6th and 2526 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2465 West 6th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 404 West 6th and 2000 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Miller Florence - opr Empire Clnrs404 West 6th, p. 429
- *Miller G C L2000 West 6th, p. 188
- Miller Geo C L - eng -2000 West 6th, p. 429
- Miller Margt J wid I S2405 West 6th, p. 430
- Miller B W2465 West 6th, p. 188
- Miller Bernard W slsmn Administration & Trust2465 West 6th, p. 429
- Miller Donovan F clk H Bell-Irving2465 West 6th, p. 429
- Miller Dorothy W sten Macrae Duncan & Clyne2465 West 6th, p. 429
- *Miller C A2526 West 6th, p. 188
- Miller C Arnold prop Fourth Av Heating & Plmbg2526 West 6th, p. 429
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.