A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Milnes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Milne at three 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 directories print the name on 57 other streets too, all listed on the Milne name's own page.
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Where the Milnes lived
- 1
192 West 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Malcolm R S Milne, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
Next door in 1940: T Wood at 186 and Mrs C S Williams at 196. The block, door by door
- 2
1296 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mida Milne, a ladies wear 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Yegl at 1290. The block, door by door
- 3
3649 West 12th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Helen M Milne, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Dunn at 3641 and J A McInnis at 3655. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a ladies wear and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Malcolm R S Milne at 192 West 12th Avenue, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The 1940 name section lists Mida Milne at 1296 West 12th Avenue, a ladies wear. The 1940 name section lists Helen M Milne at 3649 West 12th Avenue, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver.
Today
192 West 12th and 3649 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1296 West 12th, so that building is 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.
- Milne Malc R S clk CB of C192 West 12th, p. 432
- Milne Mida ladies wear 717 Dunsmuir1296 West 12th, p. 432
- Milne Helen M sten Van City3649 West 12th, p. 432
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Milnes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Milne 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.