A family name on Larch Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Mitchell at one address, 5661 Larch Street in Arbutus Ridge, in 1940, with the close spelling Mitchaell. The directories print the name on 137 other streets too, all listed on the Mitchell name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Mitchells at home
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5661 Larch Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- M A W Mitchell, a plasterer 1940
- M Bernice Mitchell, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Burbidge at 5637. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a nurse and a plasterer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Arbutus Ridge. 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 M A W Mitchell, a plasterer, at 5661 Larch Street; 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 Maurice A W Mitchell there, a plasterer, with M Bernice Mitchell, a nurse.
Today
5661 Larch still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mitchell M A W plstr5661 Larch, p. 102
- Mitchell M Bernice nurse5661 Larch, p. 434
- Mitchell Maurice A W plstr5661 Larch, p. 434
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.