A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Millers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Miller at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street, 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
- 1
119 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- W R Miller, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door
- 2
169 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Fred Miller, a helper at Jordan's Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: Glidden Co at 167 and Parks Rooms at 177. The block, door by door
- 3
1033 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Elizabeth E Miller, a nurse at Dr F Day-Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Anchor Fence Co at 1031 and Parkway Rooms at 1035. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 R Miller, a manufacturers agent, at 119 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fred Miller at 169 West Pender Street, a helper at Jordan's Cafe. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth E Miller at 1033 West Pender Street, a nurse at Dr F Day-Smith.
Today
119 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 169 West Pender and 1033 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Miller W R mfrs agt119 West Pender, p. 129
- Miller Fred - hlpr Jordan's Cafe169 West Pender, p. 429
- Miller Eliz E - nurse Dr F Day-Smith1033 West Pender, 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.