A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Millerds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Millerd at one address, 1010 Bidwell Street in West End, in 1940.
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The Millerds at home
- 1
1010 Bidwell Street
West End, 1940
- F Millerd, a president at F Millerd & Co Ltd 1940
- James F Millerd, a clerk 1940
- Lenora F Millerd, a student 1940
- William F Millerd, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: E R Welsman at 1018. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West End. 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 F Millerd at 1010 Bidwell Street; 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 Francis Millerd there as the householder, a president at F Millerd & Co Ltd, with James F Millerd, a clerk, Lenora F Millerd, a student, and William F Millerd, a student at UBC.
Today
The City no longer lists 1010 Bidwell, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Millerd F1010 Bidwell, p. 13
- Millerd Francis pres F Millerd & Co Ltd1010 Bidwell, p. 431
- Millerd Jas F clk1010 Bidwell, p. 431
- Millerd Lenora F studt1010 Bidwell, p. 431
- Millerd Wm F studt UBC1010 Bidwell, p. 431
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Millerds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Millerd 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.