A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Mitchells
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Mitchell at three addresses in 1940, all on West 10th 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 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
559 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss I Mitchell, a waitress 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Nunnerley at 551 and J W McMeekin at 567. The block, door by door
- 2
4080 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Eric W Mitchell, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Walton at 4074 and Mrs M H Coombs at 4084. The block, door by door
- 3
4166 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W A Mitchell, a trainman at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: W D Tullidge at 4158 and Mrs F A Jordan at 4172. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a trainman and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 Miss I Mitchell at 559 West 10th Avenue, a waitress. The 1940 name section lists Eric W Mitchell at 4080 West 10th Avenue, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists W A Mitchell at 4166 West 10th 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 lists Walter A Mitchell there as the householder, a trainman at the CPR.
Today
4166 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 4080 West 10th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 559 West 10th, so that building is 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 Miss I waitress559 West 10th, p. 434
- Mitchell Eric W studt UBC4080 West 10th, p. 433
- *Mitchell W A4166 West 10th, p. 201
- Mitchell Walter A trainmn CPR4166 West 10th, 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.