A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Millses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Mills at two addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 77 other streets too, all listed on the Mills name's own page.
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Where the Millses lived
- 1
1235 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Miss H Mills 1940
- Hilda Mills, a cashier at the Orpheum Theatre 1940
Next door in 1940: beverly (the) at 1225 and tweedsmuir apts at 1245. The block, door by door
- 2
1242 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- F M Mills, a salesman at Canadian Fish & Cold Storage 1940
Next door in 1940: R T Ross at 1236 and J J Peake at 1248. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cashier and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 Miss H Mills at 1235 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hilda Mills there as the householder, a cashier at the Orpheum Theatre. In 1940 the directory lists F M Mills at 1242 Nelson 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 lists Frederick M Mills there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Fish & Cold Storage.
Today
1235 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1242 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mills Miss H1235 Nelson, p. 119
- Mills Hilda cash Orpheum Thea1235 Nelson, p. 431
- *Mills F M1242 Nelson, p. 119
- Mills Fredk M slsmn Can Fish & Cold Stge1242 Nelson, p. 431
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Millses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mills 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.