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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Millses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Mills at four addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Millses at 2134 West 12th in 1940. 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

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

    110 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R R Mills, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Cann at 106 and D C Eikenberry at 112. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1125 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ida Mills, a comptroller operator at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Eccles at 1115 and 7 listings at 1135. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2134 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Mills 1940
    • Margaret H Mills, a canneryworker 1940
    • R Eugene Mills, a fireman 1940
    • Walter D J Mills, a chauffeur 1940

    Next door in 1940: L P Craig at 2126 and Assoc Dairy at 2144. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4198 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs E Mills, widow of R 1940
    • Florence I Mills, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Edmond at 4190. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a canneryworker, a chauffeur, a comptroller operator, a fireman, a laborer and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

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 R R Mills at 110 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Richard R Mills there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Ida Mills at 1125 West 12th Avenue, a comptroller operator at the CNR.

Mrs M Mills is listed at 2134 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Mills there as the householder, with Margaret H Mills, a canneryworker, R Eugene Mills, a fireman, and Walter D J Mills, a chauffeur. Mrs E Mills is listed at 4198 West 12th Avenue in 1940; 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 Eliza Mills there as the householder, widow of R, with Florence I Mills, a school teacher.

Today

110 West 12th (1995) and 1125 West 12th (1971) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2134 West 12th and 4198 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.