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A family name on East 24th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Mitchells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Mitchell at four addresses in 1940, all on East 24th Avenue, with the close spelling Mitchaell. 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 Mitchells at 428 East 24th 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

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

    290 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G O Mitchell, a cashier at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Black at 222. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    428 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Mitchell, a janitor at the Northern Pacific Building 1940
    • Bernie Mitchell 1940
    • Syd Mitchell 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Pritchett at 420 and H I Arnold at 436. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1323 East 24th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Charles Mitchell, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Prout at 1317 and W E Colwell at 1329. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3425 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W J Mitchell, a sheet metal worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Donaldson at 3423 and A C Bockus at 3427. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a cashier, a janitor, a seaman and a sheet metal worker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 G O Mitchell at 290 East 24th 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 George O Mitchell there as the householder, a cashier at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists J Mitchell at 428 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James Mitchell there as the householder, a janitor at the Northern Pacific Building, with Bernie Mitchell and Syd Mitchell.

The 1940 name section lists Charles Mitchell at 1323 East 24th Avenue, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service. W J Mitchell is listed at 3425 East 24th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Mitchell there as the householder, a sheet metal worker.

Today

290 East 24th and 428 East 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1323 East 24th (2002) and 3425 East 24th (1983) have newer buildings, 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.