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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Millses

In the city directories 1940 · 96 addresses on 78 streets

The directories print the Mills name at 96 addresses on 78 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Millses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Fairview11 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage9 addresses
  3. Hastings-Sunrise8 addresses
  4. Kitsilano7 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant7 addresses
  6. Renfrew-Collingwood7 addresses
  7. Downtown6 addresses
  8. West End6 addresses
  9. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  10. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  12. Riley Park4 addresses
  13. South Cambie4 addresses
  14. West Point Grey4 addresses
  15. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  16. Strathcona2 addresses
  17. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  18. Killarney1 address
  19. Marpole1 address
  20. Oakridge1 address
  21. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 12th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: Mrs E Mills, Mrs M Mills and R R Mills, and five more
    1940
  2. 2
    Main StreetThree addresses in Strathcona, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; three people: Mrs E Mills, Thomas E Mills and W N Mills
    1940
  3. 3
    Rupert StreetThree addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: F Mills, J S Mills and W G Mills
    1940
  4. 4
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: Mrs J Mills, W H Mills and Agnes M Mills, and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: Cath Mills, Miss O M Mills and Olga M Mills
    1940
  6. 6
    East 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: J D Mills, Byron B Mills and H C Mills, and two more
    1940
  7. 7
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: James Mills, James Mills and Mills (no first name printed), and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    Kamloops StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: A Mills and R G Mills
    1940
  9. 9
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: F M Mills, Hilda Mills and Miss H Mills
    1940
  10. 10
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: Mrs E E Mills, W Mills and Audrey Mills
    1940
  11. 11
    West 20th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: A W Mills, W J Mills and Norman Mills, and two more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: T A Mills and W E Mills
    1940

66 more streets, by name: Beatrice Street (1), Birch Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cartier Street (1), College Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), Drummond Drive (1), Earles Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Frances Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Homer Street (1), James Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Larch Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), McGill Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Semlin Drive (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Turner Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), Waverley Avenue (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (2), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 96 addresses, 35 still have their buildings from before 1946, 29 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 32; each street's page names them.

The book of the Millses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.