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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Milwards

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Milward at three addresses in 1940 in Renfrew-Collingwood, with the close spelling Millward. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Milwards at 2704 Horley in 1940.

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Where the Milwards lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3334 Clive Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • L V Millward, proprietor of Collingwood Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sluman at 3340. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3432 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G Milward, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V Matthews at 3428 and W Parsons at 3434. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2704 Horley Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • L N Milward, retired 1940
    • Dorothea M Milward, a clerk 1940
    • Robert G Milward, an apprentice at Cunningham Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Street at 2714. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an apprentice, a clerk and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3). 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 L V Millward at 3334 Clive Avenue; 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 Louis V Millward there as the householder, proprietor of Collingwood Confectionery, with Lettie Millward, a clerk at Collingwood Confectionery. In 1940 the directory lists G Milward at 3432 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Milward there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists L N Milward at 2704 Horley Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lionel N Milward there as the householder, retired, with Dorothea M Milward, a clerk, and Robert G Milward, an apprentice at Cunningham Drug.

Today

3334 Clive and 2704 Horley still have their buildings from before 1946; 3432 East 23rd (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.