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A family name on West 8th 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 8th 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 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

    317 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H Miller, a laborer 1940
    • Ethel Miller, a saleswoman at Golden Rule Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Brand at 307 and R Keir at 323. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    936 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Minnie Miller 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Henderson at 928 and S Yoshioka at 944. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2277 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H C Miller, a jeweller at Trayling & Waters 1940
    • Charles A Miller, a freight hand at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Edwards at 2273 and J T Gibbens at 2283. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3744 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W J Miller, a driver at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bell at 3732 and J D Wilson at 3756. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a driver, a freight hand, a jeweller, a laborer and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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 H Miller at 317 West 8th 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 Harold Miller there as the householder, a laborer, with Ethel Miller, a saleswoman at Golden Rule Bakery. The 1940 name section lists Minnie Miller at 936 West 8th Avenue.

H C Miller is listed at 2277 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry C Miller there as the householder, a jeweller at Trayling & Waters, with Charles A Miller, a freight hand at the CPR. W J Miller is listed at 3744 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Miller there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.

Today

936 West 8th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 317 West 8th, 2277 West 8th and 3744 West 8th, 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, street section

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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.