A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Mitchell at three addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive, 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 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
816 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M E Mitchell, widow of C 1940
- Mabel Mitchell 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Wynne at 810 and W Wiatkin at 824. The block, door by door
- 2
3493 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs Gertrude Mitchell, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Snerle at 3485. The block, door by door
- 3
6591 Victoria Drive
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- Sarah Mitchell 1940
Next door in 1940: S Hooper at 6525. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an employee. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Mrs M E Mitchell at 816 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary E Mitchell there as the householder, widow of C, with Mabel Mitchell. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gertrude Mitchell at 3493 Victoria Drive, who worked for the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Sarah Mitchell at 6591 Victoria Drive.
Today
816 Victoria Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3493 Victoria Drive and 6591 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mitchell Mrs M E816 Victoria Drive, p. 161
- Mitchell Mabel816 Victoria Drive, p. 434
- Mitchell Mary E wid C816 Victoria Drive, p. 434
- Mitchell Mrs Gertrude emp BC Tel3493 Victoria Drive, p. 434
- Mitchell Sarah6591 Victoria Drive, 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.