A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · 211 addresses on 138 streets
The directories print the Mitchell name at 211 addresses on 138 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Mitchaell. 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 Mitchells lived
- West End23 addresses
- Downtown22 addresses
- Mount Pleasant20 addresses
- Riley Park19 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage15 addresses
- Kitsilano15 addresses
- Fairview14 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland14 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise12 addresses
- West Point Grey11 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands10 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood7 addresses
- Strathcona7 addresses
- Sunset5 addresses
- South Cambie4 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East Georgia StreetFive addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: W J Mitchell, Benjamin W Mitchell and H Mitchell, and two more1940
- 2East 10th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: R Mitchell, A Mitchell and C P Mitchell, and two more1940
- 3East 12th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant; ten people: F R Mitchell, J C Mitchell and W Mitchell, and seven more1940
- 4East 24th AvenueFour addresses in Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; six people: G O Mitchell, J Mitchell and W J Mitchell, and three more1940
- 5Howe StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: C A Mitchell, Mrs J Mitchell and D W Mitchell, and one more1940
- 6Main StreetFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; six people: A H Mitchell, G A Mitchell and T L Mitchell, and three more1940
- 7Nelson StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: E V Mitchell, Margaret E Mitchell and Mary W Mitchell, and two more1940
- 8West 7th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A H Mitchell, Mrs R Mitchaell and D Mitchell, and three more1940
- 9West 8th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: J W Mitchell, Mrs A Mitchell and Alex Mitchell, and four more1940
- 10West Pender StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: James M Mitchell, Mitchell (no first name printed) and Mrs Kitty Mitchell, and one more1940
- 11East 20th AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; six people: D Mitchell, J W S Mitchell and Mrs C G Mitchell, and three more1940
- 12East 6th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; four people: A E Mitchell, J F Mitchell and Jack R Mitchell, and one more1940
126 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Alder Street (1), Aubrey Place (1), Balaclava Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beach Avenue (1), Belmont Avenue (1), Bidwell Street (1), Birch Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (2), Cambie Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cecil Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (2), Drummond Drive (2), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (2), East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (2), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (2), East 4th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Ferndale Street (2), Glen Drive (2), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Greer Avenue (1), Highgate Street (1), Holland Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (3), Joyce Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Larch Street (1), Manor Street (1), Maxwell Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Melville Street (2), Miller Street (1), Nicola Street (2), Oak Street (1), Odlum Drive (1), Ontario Street (2), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (3), Pine Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prince Edward Street (2), Prior Street (2), Quebec Street (1), Robson Street (2), Sophia Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Thurlow Street (2), Union Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Venables Street (3), Victoria Drive (3), Walden Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 10th Avenue (3), West 11th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (3), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (2), West 28th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (3), West 30th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 61st Avenue (1), West 68th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 211 addresses, 71 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 48 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 91; each street's page names them.
The book of the Mitchells
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The family book reads the Mitchell 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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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.