A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Mitchell at two addresses in 1940, all on Davie Street, with the close spelling Mitchaell. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Mitchells at 1526 Davie in 1940. The directories print the name on 137 other streets too, all listed on the Mitchell name's own page.
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Where the Mitchells lived
- 1
1039 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Ken Mitchell 1940
Next door in 1940: Franklin F Gar Ltd at 1053. The block, door by door
- 2
1526 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Miss P Mitchell 1940
- Priscilla Mitchell, proprietor of Carmen Lodge 1940
- Mary L Mitchell, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G S Smoker at 1518 and T H Cripps at 1528. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor and a stenographer.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken Mitchell at 1039 Davie Street. Miss P Mitchell is listed at 1526 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Priscilla Mitchell there as the householder, proprietor of Carmen Lodge, with Mary L Mitchell, a stenographer at the BC Government.
Today
The City no longer lists 1039 Davie and 1526 Davie, so those buildings are 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.
- Mitchell Ken1039 Davie, p. 434
- Mitchell Miss P1526 Davie, p. 41
- Mitchell Mary L sten BC Govt1526 Davie, p. 434
- Mitchell Priscilla prop Carmen Lodge1526 Davie, p. 434
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Mitchells
Every directory, as one book
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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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.