A family name on East 26th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Mitchell at two addresses in 1940, all on East 26th Avenue, 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 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
885 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C W Mitchell, a driver at H J Wells Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: H Coupe at 877 and D J MacRae at 897. The block, door by door
- 2
1125 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C Mitchell, a fitter 1940
- Allan A Mitchell, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: R O Smith at 1115 and H G Monk at 1135. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a driver, a fitter and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
In 1940 the directory lists C W Mitchell at 885 East 26th 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 Charles W Mitchell there as the householder, a driver at H J Wells Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists C Mitchell at 1125 East 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Mitchell there as the householder, a fitter, with Allan A Mitchell, a millworker.
Today
885 East 26th and 1125 East 26th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mitchell C W885 East 26th, p. 240
- Mitchell Chas W drvr H J Wells Lbr885 East 26th, p. 433
- *Mitchell C1125 East 26th, p. 240
- Mitchell Allan A mlwkr1125 East 26th, p. 433
- Mitchell Chas ftr BCE Power & Gas1125 East 26th, p. 433
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.